Copy paste a single value from within a cell to another cell

Question

Good day,

I wanted to ask a small question regarding a copy and paste issue that I am having.

In Row 79, column J of my Excel spread sheet I have the following information

['0', 0],['0.5', 0],['1', 0],['1.5', 0],['2', 8],['2.5', 14],['3', 25],['3.5', 45],['4', 75],['4.5', 130],['5', 192]

What I would like to do is to copy and paste the value that corresponds to 2.5 to the same row (Row 79) but into column W.

How could I pick out that specific value within the cell at Row 79, Column J and move it into Row 79, Column W.

I am looking for a way that allows me to copy the value that corresponds with the 2.5 value for all rows in Column J and copy that value into the same row but in Column W.

Please note, that the number that corresponds with 2.5 will not always be equal to 14 so I need something that can be dynamic in nature.

I am also looking for a formula-based result rather than a VBA based result.

Thanks for having me on the board and thanks for any help in advance. Its GREATLY appreciated because manually trying to do this will take days.

A big thanks again.

Incidentally, I am using Microsoft 365 in a Windows 11 environment.

Answer 1

If I have understood correctly, one can extract the required value from the blocks which contains '2.5', however as per it mentions about copying, one should note that Excel Formulas cannot copy anything it just outputs a value when placed in a cell following certain conditions.

To find and automatically paste in specific cell needs VBA or by doing it manually. That said, I tried to attempt by using the following formula entered in cell W79 to return the output. Maybe I am mistaking somewhere, but appreciate if OP highlights, what they are specifically trying to accomplish.

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=LET(
     x, TEXTSPLIT(J79,"]","],[",1),
     --RIGHT(FILTER(x,1-ISERR(FIND("'2.5',",x))),3))

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Or,

=LET(
     x, TEXTSPLIT(J79,"]","],[",1), 
     --TEXTAFTER(FILTER(x,1-ISERR(FIND("'2.5',",x))),", "))

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