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# **Test text with REGEXMATCH**

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The **REGEX** functions search with a pattern instead of exact text. **\\d** means any digit, and **+** means one or more of it.

Click **Continue** when you're ready.

Already know it? Type the formula straight into B2.

B2fx

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