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    Post List to table

    Hi!

    I have a list in this format:

    entry 1
    entry 2
    entry 3
    entry 4
    entry 5


    entry 6
    entry 7
    entry 8
    entry 9
    entry 10


    entry 11
    entry 12
    entry 13
    entry 14
    entry 15

    and want to convert it into:

    entry 1 entry 6 entry 11
    entry 2 entry 7 entry 12
    entry 3 entry 8 entry 13
    entry 4 entry 9 entry 14
    entry 5 entry10 entry 15

    Is this possible without making a makro?

    Thanks for your help

    - Marco

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    Hi,

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    Hi Carim!

    Thanks for your attention, but I didn't express my problem clearly.
    I need to break up a one column list list into several columns, so the result becomes a table, in this case with 3 columns:

    entry1 entry6 entry11
    entry2 entry7 entry12
    entry3 entry8 entry13
    entry4 entry9 entry14
    entry5 entry10 entry15

    Been working with this for some hours now, pretty fed up. Really hope somebody knows...

    - Marco

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    Can you post an example of your data layout and expected results

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    Hi VBA noob

    OK. My data layout is a column which I need to break up into a table with several columns. The original layout has empty cells where it is supposed to start a new column. So:

    entry1
    entry2
    entry3
    entry4

    entry5
    entry6
    entry7
    entry8

    should become a table with two columns and 4 rows:

    entry1
    entry6
    entry2
    entry7
    entry3
    entry8
    entry4
    entry9
    Can this be done without writing a macro?

    - Marco

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    Where did entry5 go and how did you get entry9

    What are the cell references

    Easier if you attach a file.


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    ooops correction, the output should be (2 columns, 4 rows):

    entry1 entry5
    entry2 entry6
    entry3 entry7
    entry4 entry8

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    may be ...
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    P.S. replace 5 by 4 for your last example ...
    Last edited by Carim; 03-05-2007 at 06:05 AM.

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    AHHH YES!

    That worked, thanks a lot

    Sorry I didn't attach the xls file, the upload failed...

    - Marco

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    Glad your problem is fixed ...

    Thanks for the feedback

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    Question I have a similar problem

    I have a list generated by a proprietary software. It has taken the entire address list for people and put them one after the other in a single column.

    How can I move these rows out to separate columns using a macro or other step that will keep me from going through 11,000 rows to correct this data?

    Marion

    PS I am told that this is the only way this software can generate this list, so I will be dealing with this over and over again.

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    you have to tell us how many rows there are for each record and does it vary. maybe even post a zipped version of the top few lines of the spreadsheet

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    Hi Marion,

    Assuming all your data is in column A, copy formula to cell B1 and
    adapt it to your needs :
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    since the number 5 represents the number of rows required,
    just replace the number 5 by whatever number you wish ...

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