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Dear chandoo,
all the time, I use to spend time exploring chandoo.org. it’s very helpful site. thanks for your day & night efforts.
here I have to face a problem with “Text to Column”. can you please spare some time & guide me.
The problem is when I convert data from text to column using dash “-“, conversion is easy. but when the gap provided in text is with “alt+enter”, i can’t convert the data.
Do you have some solution specifically using text to column.
Well, I tried to use text to columns feature (from Data ribbon) and it would not work.
Although you can use formulas to do the splitting, they might become tedious. So the next logical option is to use macros.
Excel Macros to Split Text on New Lines
So I wrote a simple macro, that would take the text in current cell, split it and place it in adjacent cells. Like this:
Macro Code to split text on new line:
Here is the macro code to split text based on new lines.
Sub splitText()
'splits Text active cell using ALT+10 char as separator
Dim splitVals As Variant
Dim totalVals As Long
splitVals = Split(ActiveCell.Value, Chr(10))
totalVals = UBound(splitVals)
Range(Cells(ActiveCell.Row, ActiveCell.Column + 1), Cells(ActiveCell.Row, ActiveCell.Column + 1 + totalVals)).Value = splitVals
End Sub
How does this code work?
- First we take the activecell’s value and split it based on Chr(10) as delimiter. This is the code for new lines.
- Then, we assign this split values to the range of cells adjacent to active cell.
- Then, we go grab a cup of coffee and sing our favorite song. Because the work is done!
Download Example Workbook
Click here to download example workbook and play with this macro. Make sure to enable macros.
How do you split text?
I really like the built-in text import feature in Excel and use it often. I use it to clean data, remove unnecessary columns or split text. In cases like this, I resort to VBA to have good control over how I want to split.
What about you? How do you split text. What is your experience. Please share your ideas and tips using comments.
Learn more about Splitting Text
If you split often, you will find this tutorial useful.
More VBA & Excel Macro Examples
If you want to learn VBA, go thru these examples
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I can't open this pdf. I get the error message:
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Please request a license from the creator of the file, and add it using the license manager and they try opening it again.
What gives??
I downloaded the file again and it worked this time. Strange. (First file was 116 KB, second was 1644 KB... ???)
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Hi Chandoo,
thanks for sharing your Excel 2007 learning experience with us; unfortunately the link to the pdf of the free Excel 2007 learning guide seems broken: my Acrobate Readers flags: "Unkown file type or corrupte data".
Have a nice day
Michael
well done this is great
Can somebody just provide a link the classic TAB exportedUI files for MS Office 2003 for us to use in office 2007/2010?. searching online, everybody just wnats to make a buck online with silly Classic Tab installers which do nothing more than inport exportedUI files for you.
Don't give me a ribbon how to guide, just give me free exportedUI files. I should not have to pay anyone for this, it is free XML, MS should have included this to begin with.
thanks
Dear.
There are a set of debit values and a set ot credit values in a column. I want a vba code by whcich the debit value plus a single / multiple credit value is zero that needs to be marked .
finally i will come to know out of the avaibale debits which cannot be used the with avilable credits either single or multiple values.
If multiple matching sets are available let it take the 1st or the 2nd one its not an issue.
Column A Ref
-1000 A
-5000 B
-8000 C
800 A
100 A
100 A
2000 B
3000 B
13000
15000
hi...
how to make this add-ins and display in ribbon... check this sample : http://www.cprsoft.com/GCDemo01.htm
thank you sir...
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