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Excel: extracting a number from mixed content cell [duplicate]

How would one extract a number starting with a "£" sign from a cell containing alphanumeric characters? Example: extracting £450,000 from A1 and placing in B1. See image for example text
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Extract text out of two lines in a file and output them in a table

I am trying to make a PHP script for my school. School's web directory has about 100 text files, one text file for each student. Every text file has a two lines like: stu $id = '12701'; stu $name = '...
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Extract images from unknown filetype called .gfx

I have this unknown filetype called .gfx (used in a computer game called Zezenia) which I'm pretty certain contain uncompressed flat images (possible .bmp or .png) but I'm not sure how to extract, ...
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Extract ip address from specific NIC in win7 batch file

I am building a batch to automatically switch a proxy config and the related ip settings bui i am having trouble extracting the ip address of the network adapter i need. I have one "real" nic, and two ...
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Is it possible to extract contents of a ThinApp container?

Is there possible to extract such packages made by somebody else. Ok, so if there is no general way of extracting such archives, which can be a huge exe file or tiny exe starter with huge packed *.bin ...
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Windows command line ZIP extraction with checksum or similar?

What I need to do, at the command line, is: Extract the contents of a a ZIP archive. Change an arbitrary number of the extracted files. Repeat step 1, but because it is a huge archive, only extract ...
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Why is it slower in Windows to extract rar files to USB/network storage?

I noticed in Windows 7 extracting rar to local hard drive is always significantly faster than to network storage (CIFS) or USB 3.0, even when the external storage has better sequential write ...
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retrieve and extract links (Linux/Windows)

I have a "source.txt" file which contains list of some URLs. For example: source.txt: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OZNZG0/ref=s9_pop_gw_g349_ir05/176-5131847-6150405?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&...
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How can I extract a PDF file from an EXE?

I have a book which is inside EXE, how can I extract the PDF file from EXE? This is the book that is in EXE: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6qvDUQA_4lscGR3OVZFQ05mTHM Here are the screenshots, I ...
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Commandline program to extract archives with automatic subdirectry detection

I'm looking for the pure command-line counterpart to ark -ba <path> (on KDE), or file-roller -h <path> (on GNOME/Unity). Unfortunately, both ark and file-roller require X to be running. I'...
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How to extract and merge hard-coded subtitle in a video

I downloaded a movie that has hard-coded subtitles, for some reason I don't like the font of the subtitles :P . But since it's hard-coded inside the movie, I can't extract the subtitle with MkvExtract ...
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Extract Text from in front of, after, and inside characters

I have a variable (%~1) set to something like: Hello there this is a block: [C]Inside of Block[/C] Did you like it? I want to have it separated into three variables: Front=hello there this is a ...
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Extract graphic images from FLAC audio files

I bought some music online and downloaded it in FLAC format, and I was pleasantly surprised to see some artwork apparently embedded into each audio file. I suspect that they're a bit higher ...
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zip: Unexpected end of archive

When I try to extract my 1.15GB downloaded .zip file am getting following error: ! D:\N750XXUCNG6_N750ODDCNG5_INU.zip: Unexpected end of archive I have tried this https://superuser.com/a/...
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Windows XP hour glass cursor? [closed]

For an illustration, I need the Windows XP hour-glass cursor - with standard drop shadow - as a transparent image (PNG or whatever). Any idea? I found a page with cursors, but the hour-glass one is ...
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not a valid iso file error

I'm trying this windows 7 usb/dvd download tool that I discovered from ars technica: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/12/-the-usb-flash-drive.ars But I don't know why my windows 7 iso file ...
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I want to extract some IP addresses from a text file containing port, protocol and if its open or not

I have this file containing around 6700 IP addresses and I need them all extracted to a different file. I sadly can't find any solution out here so the file pretty much look like this: open tcp 25565 ...
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How can I play raw audio/video tracks extracted from mp4?

I used mp4creator -extract to get the raw audio and video tracks from an mp4 file. What players can I use to play the raw tracks?
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Using 7zip to extract a CAB file of drivers. Where do you extract them?

I have a Dell E5450 and I have downloaded the Windows 10 driver pack cab file from Dell. I'd like to use 7zip to extract these driver files to their proper location on the windows computer only using ...
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MSI: list required CAB files

If I try to extract a certain file: lessmsi x windows%20sdk%20desktop%20libs%20x64-x86_en-us.msi I get this message: Error: System.Exception: The file "C:\sdk\58314d0646d7e1a25e97c902166c3155.cab" ...
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Virus scanning a compressed file before vs after extracting

If I download a compressed file (i.e. a zip file, etc), does it make a difference if I: a) virus scan it as is vs. b) virus scan after extracting it? What are the differences/considerations if I ...
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Extracting Data Between two Different Characters in Excel

I have data in the following format in Excel: ABC - DEF - XYZ; GHI, JKL, MNO, PQR, STU, VWX, YYY, ZZZ Is is it possible to extract the data between the second hyphen "-" and the semicolon ";" - in ...
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Extracting output only from the current directory

How can I extract from the output of find . -name "*.c" -print only filenames in the current directory? Why does it always include the subdirectories? Need help with getting aorund that.
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Metadata extraction for renaming recovered files

I recently recovered many deleted files by using a tool called photorec - http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/PhotoRec Great life saver. Only problem is that recovered files have their names replaced by ...
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Is extracting an ISO safe?

I downloaded the Windows 8 Enterprise Evaluation ISO, but last time I tried to update I extracted it with WinRAR to the desktop. I got an error during the installation. Here are the reasons I can ...
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Extracting Installer Data

I have a game. It has these files Setup-1.bin Setup-2.bin Setup-3.bin Setup-4.bin Setup.exe When I install, it extracts it in C:. Now the game is quite bigger, free space on C: seems ...
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Extract files in rar archive without having some previous files

I have a big rar archive which is split into 700mb parts. I only have part 5 and 6 and there is a 40mb file in there that I wanna extract using Winrar. I know the whole file is stored in part 5 ...
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Outlook 2003 : How to export all e-mail messages in local folder?

I want to export some local message folders to zip & send to my colleague in outlook 2003, is it possible?
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Is there a way to extract/export images from Publisher files without having Publisher?

A client gave me a Publisher file with images in it that I'm supposed to extract out of the file and use for another project. I use OpenOffice and it does not appear to support .pub files. Any ...
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Extracting only files that match specific number from many compressed files

I have over 500 rar files with lots of compressed ppt files in one directory. I would like to search each archive if archive has file prj_09hr23 in name and ppt extension. What program should I use to ...
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Program to open .bin files that doesn't need installation [closed]

I'd like to know if it's possible to open .bin files(image files) so I can extract its contents without having to install any software. I'd like some kind of software that is just download the files ...
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Installing a .Cab file in Vista Home

Im having a bit of a problem installing a .CAB. Does anyone here know how to?
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Extracting files into separate folders

I have few zip files that has at least 10000 files each. I would like to extract files into separate folders by year and month. How can I do that. I have Windows XP Pro.
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exe file does not open after extracting from an archive

I came across a very strange situation for me. I transferred all of the files uploaded on a disk with medical scans (CAT scan) to my flash drive and then from the flash drive to my PC. These are the ...
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How to extract database from WhereIsIt catalog software and save that database as an excel or text file?

can anyone knows how to extract database from WhereIsIt catalog software and save that database as an excel or text file?
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Trouble Unzipping Wikipedia Dump

My use case is I need to parse text from wikipedia articles. There is a dump available at https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20221001/ that contains the files I want. Essentially the articles are ...
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Extract text using RegEx without VBA

I have the following text, and I'd like to pull the PO number. Sometimes it starts with the words PO, sometimes it doesn't. If it doesn't, then PO number will start with either 901 or 902. PO or PO ...
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How can I extract Image Files from an exe?

I want to know how can I extract images from an exe. If you want to check out here is the exe
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Extract ARJ files in linux

While playing CTF competition I came across this ARJ files. After doing some research found out that. ARJ is Archiver for .arj files and Like most archive file types, they're used to store and ...
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Program that reads a picture and extracts the words in the picture? [closed]

Not sure if this is the appropriate subboard for this question. What I'm trying to do is essentially: (1) I'm given a picture of a book/paper. All the words in this picture were typed, but I cannot ...
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Batch decompress encrypted rar files with unar

I'm on macOS and I downloaded unar to decompress encrypted rar files. It works fine for individual files but I can't get it to work with a wildcard for multiple files. I have a list of rar files ...
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How do I extract the elements from a container file (ODP, PDF, etc)?

PDF and other container file types like ODP contain several files glued together to a presentation / a document. Is there a way to separate these files after the container has been built? Like from a ...
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extract in same column cell with different format

I need to extract value in same column that have different format (date and text) as showed below: 09/02/80 23/12/73 ANA ANA 11/03/83 11/03/83 07/07/34 How could obtain from one column two separated ...
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Linux and DD - Infinite time to extract one file

I use dd on Linux to extract data from a tape (yeah it's really oldschool!) and I had a problem. Sometimes, when I extract a file (from different files on one tape), after a really long time and a ...
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How do I populate a column with the first x characters of text data in another column

I have a column with 14 characters. There is real information based on the first three characters. I want to have another column with only the first three characters for visibility and group by ...
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Retrieving email address from a log file

I have a log file which contains a lot of text as shown below. Would like to extract the email address which falls between emailAddress and status strings. I am open to any option which runs on Ubuntu,...
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Is it possible to successfully extract an archive file if the download is not complete

I'm downloading visual studio 2010 professional through MSDN Academic Alliance. And I get the download is finished confirmation even before the progress of the download doesn't reach 100%. I extracted ...
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Exporting info from a text file using batch

I am trying to get the path for the OU my laptop is currently in. Here is what I have gpresult /r /scope computer >> c:\temp\ou.txt FIND "CN=" "C:\Temp\ou.txt" > C:\Temp\...
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How can I extract a subtitle in "HDMV PGS" format from a video with FFmpeg?

I'm trying to extract a subtitle in "HDMV PGS" format embedded in a video with this command ffmpeg -i Movie.mkv -map 0:s:0 subs.srt from an answer on Super User command, but it gives the ...
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How do I extract images from an unknown file? (might be an .SO)

I have a file taken from an apk of an old videogame made for an old android phone. It has no file extension and is simply titled "images". MediaFire reads it as an .SO file, but I don't know ...
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