Question: I have a column of data in excel that appears as follows:

```
aast<space>1<space>
qusw<space>3<space>
umw<space>18<space>
arst<space>50<space>

```

I will like to remove the numbers to have just the following:

```
aast
qusw
umw
arst

```

I tried regexp in both excel and notepad2++ to get this done without any success using the following:

```
^\s+[09]\s+$

```

Can someone help please? Thanks

Answer: 
You might consider Text to Columns on that column with space as the delimiter and then just delete all columns but the first. 

Or use a formula such as: 

```
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

```
```
(.*)\s[0-9]+\s

```

See it in action [here](http://rubular.com/r/Sdb5PwzeTB)