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    sunnyday
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    search and extract within text

    I have to a cell "A" holding full description of an item, the description
    can be as long as 80 characters. I need to break the descritption into 3
    separate columns, with the one column holding the first 30 characters,
    second column 20 characters, and last column 30 characters. Each column must
    have complete nouns only, I cannot pull partial words from the description
    (A) column.

    thank you.

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    Jim Cone
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    Re: search and extract within text

    s,

    Please clarify...
    Must all of the text break at a space?
    If a word extends, even one character, beyond the limit must it then go in the next column?
    What does your code look like so far?

    Jim Cone
    San Francisco, USA

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    I have to a cell "A" holding full description of an item, the description
    can be as long as 80 characters. I need to break the description into 3
    separate columns, with the one column holding the first 30 characters,
    second column 20 characters, and last column 30 characters.
    Each column must have complete nouns only,
    I cannot pull partial words from the description (A) column.

    thank you.

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