What is REGEXEXTRACT called in Spanish?

It has the same name: REGEXEXTRACT. Functions that started in Google Sheets keep their English name even in a Spanish spreadsheet. What changes is the separator: Spain and much of Latin America separate arguments with semicolons.

Why does REGEXEXTRACT use semicolons in some spreadsheets?

It depends on each spreadsheet's locale, under File > Settings. Where the comma is the decimal mark (Spain, much of South America), arguments are separated by semicolons. Mexico and United States locales use commas.

Google Sheets REGEXEXTRACT function

Pulls out the first part of a text that matches a pattern. It is a Sheets-only function. It has the same name in Spanish Sheets.

Syntax

English Sheets

=REGEXEXTRACT(text, regular_expression)

Spanish Sheets (Mexico locale)

=REGEXEXTRACT(texto, expresión_regular)

Spanish Sheets (Spain, Latin America)

=REGEXEXTRACT(texto; expresión_regular)

Argument	What it is
text	The text to pull the part from.
regular_expression	The pattern, like "[0-9]+".

Example

REGEXEXTRACT(text, regular_expression) pulls out the part of the text that matches a pattern: [0-9]+ is one or more digits. If the pattern has a group in parentheses, it returns just that group. It is a Sheets-only function.

=REGEXEXTRACT(A2,"[0-9]+")

Common mistake

With no match it returns #N/A. The result is text even if it is digits: use VALUE if you need the number.

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Practice REGEXEXTRACT

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REGEXEXTRACT

Example=REGEXEXTRACT(A2,"[0-9]+")REGEXEXTRACT: same name in Spanish

In B2, extract the order number inside each comment.

	A	B
1	Comment	Order
2	Order 4471 arrived late
3	Order 3902 incomplete
4	I want to exchange 5120
5	Invoice for order 2718, please
6	Number 6634 arrived broken
7

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Frequently asked questions

What is REGEXEXTRACT called in Spanish?: It has the same name: REGEXEXTRACT. Functions that started in Google Sheets keep their English name even in a Spanish spreadsheet. What changes is the separator: Spain and much of Latin America separate arguments with semicolons.
Why does REGEXEXTRACT use semicolons in some spreadsheets?: It depends on each spreadsheet's locale, under File > Settings. Where the comma is the decimal mark (Spain, much of South America), arguments are separated by semicolons. Mexico and United States locales use commas.
What is the most common REGEXEXTRACT mistake?: With no match it returns #N/A. The result is text even if it is digits: use VALUE if you need the number.