Exporting text only from specific paragraph style

Hi,
Is there a way to export text from Indesign to txt or preferably Excel from specific paragraph style ? I am trying to export only item numbers and prices to excel spread sheet so I can compare against original excel spreadsheet.
Thank you !

Not built in, no. But you could do this:
Create a new paragraph style called "Delete Me". In the paragraph styles
palette, select all the paragraph styles you're NOT interested in.
Delete them in one go, and replace them with "Delete Me."
Now, in the find/replace box, search for "Delete Me" and replace with
nothing. This will cause all the paragraphs that have the "Delete Me"
style to be deleted.
Now what remains in your document is only the text that you're
interested in.
Ariel

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