Extract numbers and decimal from string in EXCEL

Question

I have an Excel file that contains roughly 40,000 rows of data and i am trying to create a new columnn of only the number and decimal portion of a strinng in another column. I tried to TRIM() and LEFT() but the number value size effects that extraction. I also saw another post in StOv that extracts numbers only but my goal is to grab the decimals so I can see the exact value. Here is an example of the content of one cell. Thanks for any help!!!

ABCD-EF (-320.94) GHI HOUSEHOLD COLLECT AGENCY

My desired outcome would be: 320.94 or -320.94

Answer 1

With data in A1, use:

=MID(A1,FIND("(",A1)+1,FIND(")",A1)-FIND("(",A1)-1)