Extracting alphanumeric parts of a string based on a variety of uintermingled characters

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Extracting alphanumeric parts of a string based on a variety of uintermingled characters

Asked by gabrielPennyback in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software, Regular Expressions, VB Script

Please take a look at the function below. How do I modify it so that it returns the desired value (2F, 3D, 3F, 2D) for all these scenarios. Rhight now, it only returns a value for the first scenario

1) 2F 3D 3F 2D ENTERTAIMENT SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING
2) 2F,3D,3F,2D ENTERTAIMENT SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING
3) 2F-3D-3F-2D ENTERTAIMENT SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING
4) 2F/3D/3F/2D ENTERTAIMENT SYSTEM STOPPED WORKING

Thanks,
John

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             Public Function ExtractValue(c As Range) As String
 
Dim WorkingRange As Range
Dim s As Variant
Dim values() As String
Dim HasNumbers As Boolean
Dim HasLetters As Boolean
Dim HasSpaceOrComma As Boolean
Dim StringLetterCount As Integer
Dim StringNumberCount As Integer
Dim TrailingCharacter As String
values = Split(c.Value, " ")
 
For Each s In values
    HasNumbers = False
    HasLetters = False
    HasSpaceOrComma = False
    StringLetterCount = LetterCount(s)
        If StringLetterCount >= 1 And StringLetterCount <= 3 Then
            HasLetters = True
        End If
    StringNumberCount = NumberCount(s)
        If StringNumberCount >= 1 And StringNumberCount <= 3 Then
            HasNumbers = True
        End If
    TrailingCharacter = Right(Mid(c.Value, InStr(1, c.Value, s), Len(s) + 1), 1)
    If s Like "* *" Or s Like "*,*" Or s Like "*-*" Or TrailingCharacter = " " Or TrailingCharacter = "," Then
        HasSpaceOrComma = True
    End If
    If HasLetters = True And HasNumbers = True And HasSpaceOrComma = True Then
        If ExtractValue = "" Then
            ExtractValue = s
        Else
            ExtractValue = ExtractValue & ", " & s
        End If
    End If
    ExtractValue = Replace(ExtractValue, ",,", ",")
Next s
End Function

           
         

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Extracting alphanumeric parts of a string based on a variety of uintermingled characters

Asked by gabrielPennyback in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software, Regular Expressions, VB Script

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