TEXT SEARCH & EXTRACTION · ORIGINAL EXERCISE
The second gateway
Find the position of the second hyphen in ticket B2. Do not hardcode its character position.
This quest practices Search from a position using a fictional business dataset. Read the sheet below, then enter the interactive quest to write and check your formula.
| Contact | Ticket | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Harbor | ORD-NY-204 | ari@north.example | Paid INV-204 receipt |
| South Market | ORD-LA-105 | bea@south.example | Review INV-105 today |
| West Workshop | ORD-AT-306 | cam@west.example | Send INV-306 copy |
| North Studio | ORD-NY-107 | dev@north.example | Pending INV-107 approval |
Hints to get you started
- Find the first hyphen first.
- Start the next search one character after it.
- Use a nested FIND in the third argument.
Show the worked solution
=FIND("-",B2,FIND("-",B2)+1)The starting-position argument finds a later separator even when the prefix has a different length.
Make the skill stick
After solving the task, explain what each reference does and why the formula answers the business question. Try the workbook download inside the quest to practice in your own spreadsheet app.
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