Split Cell by “ - ”
I have this kind of cell
David - England - 08-01-2016
Fred - England - 07-03-2017
Nova - AS - 25-11-2016
And I want to split cell by the dash and space (" - ") only, so the date or may other words with dash without space ("-") not split.
David England 08-01-2016
Fred England 07-03-2017
Nova AS 25-11-2016
microsoft-excel
edited Jan 21 at 1:57
JakeGould
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asked Jan 21 at 1:42
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I have this kind of cell
David - England - 08-01-2016
Fred - England - 07-03-2017
Nova - AS - 25-11-2016
And I want to split cell by the dash and space (" - ") only, so the date or may other words with dash without space ("-") not split.
David England 08-01-2016
Fred England 07-03-2017
Nova AS 25-11-2016
microsoft-excel
edited Jan 21 at 1:57
JakeGould
31.4k1096138
asked Jan 21 at 1:42
DA185280DA185280
134
2
Hello and welcome to the site! So that said, what have you done to attempt to solve this issue? As it stands you are not providing any code so this reads as a coding/scripting request and this site is not about requesting free code/scripts.
– JakeGould
Jan 21 at 1:58
I attempt to split the cell with ("-") delimited, but it will split all data by ("-") even the date.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 2:34
1
You could do a search and replace to replace all " - " with some single character that doesn't appear in the content. Then split based on that character.
– fixer1234
Jan 21 at 2:55
@fixer1234 you're so smart!! solved, thanks.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 5:13
add a comment |
I have this kind of cell
David - England - 08-01-2016
Fred - England - 07-03-2017
Nova - AS - 25-11-2016
And I want to split cell by the dash and space (" - ") only, so the date or may other words with dash without space ("-") not split.
David England 08-01-2016
Fred England 07-03-2017
Nova AS 25-11-2016
microsoft-excel
edited Jan 21 at 1:57
JakeGould
31.4k1096138
asked Jan 21 at 1:42
DA185280DA185280
134
I have this kind of cell
David - England - 08-01-2016
Fred - England - 07-03-2017
Nova - AS - 25-11-2016
And I want to split cell by the dash and space (" - ") only, so the date or may other words with dash without space ("-") not split.
David England 08-01-2016
Fred England 07-03-2017
Nova AS 25-11-2016
microsoft-excel
microsoft-excel
edited Jan 21 at 1:57
JakeGould
31.4k1096138
asked Jan 21 at 1:42
DA185280DA185280
134
edited Jan 21 at 1:57
JakeGould
31.4k1096138
asked Jan 21 at 1:42
DA185280DA185280
134
edited Jan 21 at 1:57
JakeGould
31.4k1096138
edited Jan 21 at 1:57
JakeGould
31.4k1096138
edited Jan 21 at 1:57
JakeGould
31.4k1096138
31.4k1096138
asked Jan 21 at 1:42
DA185280DA185280
134
asked Jan 21 at 1:42
DA185280DA185280
134
asked Jan 21 at 1:42
DA185280DA185280
134
134
2
Hello and welcome to the site! So that said, what have you done to attempt to solve this issue? As it stands you are not providing any code so this reads as a coding/scripting request and this site is not about requesting free code/scripts.
– JakeGould
Jan 21 at 1:58
I attempt to split the cell with ("-") delimited, but it will split all data by ("-") even the date.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 2:34
1
You could do a search and replace to replace all " - " with some single character that doesn't appear in the content. Then split based on that character.
– fixer1234
Jan 21 at 2:55
@fixer1234 you're so smart!! solved, thanks.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 5:13
add a comment |
2
Hello and welcome to the site! So that said, what have you done to attempt to solve this issue? As it stands you are not providing any code so this reads as a coding/scripting request and this site is not about requesting free code/scripts.
– JakeGould
Jan 21 at 1:58
I attempt to split the cell with ("-") delimited, but it will split all data by ("-") even the date.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 2:34
1
You could do a search and replace to replace all " - " with some single character that doesn't appear in the content. Then split based on that character.
– fixer1234
Jan 21 at 2:55
@fixer1234 you're so smart!! solved, thanks.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 5:13
2
2
Hello and welcome to the site! So that said, what have you done to attempt to solve this issue? As it stands you are not providing any code so this reads as a coding/scripting request and this site is not about requesting free code/scripts.
– JakeGould
Jan 21 at 1:58
Hello and welcome to the site! So that said, what have you done to attempt to solve this issue? As it stands you are not providing any code so this reads as a coding/scripting request and this site is not about requesting free code/scripts.
– JakeGould
Jan 21 at 1:58
I attempt to split the cell with ("-") delimited, but it will split all data by ("-") even the date.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 2:34
I attempt to split the cell with ("-") delimited, but it will split all data by ("-") even the date.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 2:34
1
1
You could do a search and replace to replace all " - " with some single character that doesn't appear in the content. Then split based on that character.
– fixer1234
Jan 21 at 2:55
You could do a search and replace to replace all " - " with some single character that doesn't appear in the content. Then split based on that character.
– fixer1234
Jan 21 at 2:55
@fixer1234 you're so smart!! solved, thanks.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 5:13
@fixer1234 you're so smart!! solved, thanks.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 5:13
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This can be done with Power Query, a free Microsoft add-in for Excel 2010 and 2013 and built into Excel 2016 / 365 as Get and Transform.
Split column by delimiter, set a custom delimiter " - " (space dash space) as the delimiter.
The date will remain unaffected, because the delimiter is not space dash space.
answered Jan 21 at 2:55
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This can be done with Power Query, a free Microsoft add-in for Excel 2010 and 2013 and built into Excel 2016 / 365 as Get and Transform.
Split column by delimiter, set a custom delimiter " - " (space dash space) as the delimiter.
The date will remain unaffected, because the delimiter is not space dash space.
answered Jan 21 at 2:55
teylynteylyn
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This can be done with Power Query, a free Microsoft add-in for Excel 2010 and 2013 and built into Excel 2016 / 365 as Get and Transform.
Split column by delimiter, set a custom delimiter " - " (space dash space) as the delimiter.
The date will remain unaffected, because the delimiter is not space dash space.
answered Jan 21 at 2:55
teylynteylyn
17.3k22539
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This can be done with Power Query, a free Microsoft add-in for Excel 2010 and 2013 and built into Excel 2016 / 365 as Get and Transform.
Split column by delimiter, set a custom delimiter " - " (space dash space) as the delimiter.
The date will remain unaffected, because the delimiter is not space dash space.
answered Jan 21 at 2:55
teylynteylyn
17.3k22539
This can be done with Power Query, a free Microsoft add-in for Excel 2010 and 2013 and built into Excel 2016 / 365 as Get and Transform.
Split column by delimiter, set a custom delimiter " - " (space dash space) as the delimiter.
The date will remain unaffected, because the delimiter is not space dash space.
answered Jan 21 at 2:55
teylynteylyn
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answered Jan 21 at 2:55
teylynteylyn
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answered Jan 21 at 2:55
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answered Jan 21 at 2:55
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Hello and welcome to the site! So that said, what have you done to attempt to solve this issue? As it stands you are not providing any code so this reads as a coding/scripting request and this site is not about requesting free code/scripts.
– JakeGould
Jan 21 at 1:58
I attempt to split the cell with ("-") delimited, but it will split all data by ("-") even the date.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 2:34
1
You could do a search and replace to replace all " - " with some single character that doesn't appear in the content. Then split based on that character.
– fixer1234
Jan 21 at 2:55
@fixer1234 you're so smart!! solved, thanks.
– DA185280
Jan 21 at 5:13