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Default find and replace numbers using wildcards

hello

i have a two-column table that has text in one column like "Candy - Apples",
then numbers in the second column in the format "28-159a".

What I want to do is do a find and replace such that all the numbers and
dashes in the second column get deleted, leaving behind only the number after
the dash. I can't do a generic wildcard search for *- because it would also
delete the text and - in the first column.

Any ideas? Thank you.
Andrew

 
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