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    Looking to Clean Up Messy Dataset With No Clear Pattern

    Looking for any tricks to clean up a ~100k record table that has no clear pattern. The data generally looks like this all blocked together in separate rows but the same column:

    JENNIFER SMITH
    Accountant - Senior
    Day Shift
    jsmith@mail.com
    
    AMBER Jones
    Professional
    Pro Status
    
    amberj@mail.com
    
    Abby Stone
    Receptionist
    Analytics
    123 Main St
    123-456-7890
    abby@mail.com
    
    REBECCA MILLER
    Media
    Building 2
    millerr@mail.com
    Sarah M Myers
    Executive
    BRADBURY SCHOOL
    456 Main St
    The big problem is that some records have three sets of additional data beneath it and some records have five -- maybe they have an email and/or phone number maybe they don't, some have lines after the record some don't, etc.

    I'm looking for ideas either using code or formulas to attempt to clean this up to look like below without going through every line manually:

    Name            Job                 Info        Email          Phone           Address
    JENNIFER SMITH  Accountant - Senior Day Shift   jsmith@mail.com     
    AMBER Jones     Professional        Pro Status  amberj@mail.com     
    Abby Stone      Receptionist        Analytics   abby@mail.com  123-456-7890    123 Main St
    REBECCA MILLER  Media               Building 2  millerr@mail.com        
    Sarah M Myers   Executive           BRADBURY SCHOOL                            456 Main St

    Hoping people might have ideas using scenarios they've had to use in the past on really messy datasets that come in like this; it could be some combination of using SEARCH() or LEN() to try and identify when each record's data is over -- or VBA or something.

    I know it's not the most pointed question -- but if anybody has any tips it'd really help me out. It also doesn't have to end up being perfect -- if it ends up looking mildly like above, I'll be able to clean it manually from that point on, just not from the start.

    Any help using any method would be greatly appreciated!

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    Re: Looking to Clean Up Messy Dataset With No Clear Pattern

    Hi
    See the file I have attached.
    Column C is a possible approach of the solution depends on the level of trust that you select in P2.
    Regards
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    Re: Looking to Clean Up Messy Dataset With No Clear Pattern

    it is better to attach sample excel file
    Samba

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