Split Numbers from Strings in Excel: Complete Guide

This article provides a clear overview of Split Numbers from Strings in Excel, with the main facts, useful context, and practical details organized for easy reading.

There are 2 ways to separate numbers:

- Case 1: Separate numbers from series and get positive values.

- Case 2: Separate numbers from series and take both positive and negative values.

1. Separate Numbers from Series and Get Positive Values

Step 1: Open the Excel File to decompose -> Press the key combination Alt + F11 -> VBA window appears -> Go to the Insert tab -> Module .

Step 2: At the command prompt, enter the following code:

Function ExtractNumber (rCell As Range) Dim lCount As Long Dim sText As String Dim lNum As String sText = rCell For lCount = Len (sText) To 1 Step -1 If IsNumeric (Mid (sText, lCount, 1)) Then lNum = Mid (sText, lCount, 1) & lNum End If Next lCount ExtractNumber = CLng (lNum) End Function 

Note: Remember this function name because when returning to Excel File must use it.

Step 3: After importing, click Save (because it contains a macro, when saving, display a message box, choose OK) -> Return to Excel File to find the function as shown:

Step 4: Copy the formula for the remaining cells with the following results:

2. Separate Numbers from the String and Take Both Positive and Negative Values

Step 1: Open the Excel File to decompose -> Press the key combination Alt + F11 -> VBA window appears -> Go to the Insert tab -> Module .

Step 2: At the command prompt, enter the following code:

Private Function SuperTrim (TheStr As String) Dim Temp As String, DoubleSpase As String DoubleSpase = Chr (32) & Chr (32) Temp = Trim (TheStr) Temp = Replace (Temp, DoubleSpase, Chr (32)) Do Until InStr ( Temp, DoubleSpase) = 0 Temp = Replace (Temp, DoubleSpase, Chr (32)) Loop SuperTrim = Temp End Function Public Function Tach_So (strText As String) Dim strText_1 As String Dim subText () As String, so () As Double Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer, m As Integer strText = SuperTrim (strText) subText = Split (strText, "") For i = 0 To UBound (subText) For j = 1 To Len (subText (i) ) k = 0 If IsNumeric (Mid (subText (i), j, 1)) _ Or (Mid (subText (i), j, 1) = "-" And IsNumeric (Mid (subText (i), j + 1 , 1))) Then k = j Exit For End If Next j If k <> 0 Then m = m + 1 strText_1 = Val (Mid (subText (i),k)) ReDim Preserve so (1 To m) As Double so (m) = strText_1 End If Next i If index> 0 And index <= m Then Tach_So = so (m) Else Tach_So = "" End If End Function

Note: Remember the function name "" Tach_so () ".

Step 3: Click Save, just select OK . Return to the Excel file and select the Tach_so () function as shown:

Step 4: Tach_so () function has only one parameter that is the number of cells to split.

Step 5: Copy the formula for the remaining cells we have the results:

Thus separating both positive and negative values. And the negative sign in the first position of the cell is obtained.

Note: The above functions only apply to sequences that contain 1 string of consecutive numbers. If the data is a series of different numerical characters separated by alphabetic characters, the return value is the first numeric string.