Separate strings into columns

**Nvy** · 03-01-2014, 05:36 AM

Hello everyone,

I just started an excel project and i need some help with a macro. ( excel 2007, 2010 available as well )

I have a database made of strings. Every string is on a different line. The strings are in this format:

NAME domiciliat în CITY NAME, nr. 2, Jud. COUNTY NAME - 151 shares
NAME domiciliat în CITY NAME, nr. 6, Jud. COUNTY NAME - 29802 shares
NAME domiciliat în CITY NAME, nr. 9, Jud. COUNTY NAME - 3 shares

( domiciliat means "living in", Jud. means "county")

What i basically need is a macro to separate the name, adress, county and shares, so i can get 4 clean columns.
Sometimes the cities have a "-" or a "." in their name

I would really appreciate any help/tips you could give me.

Best regards,
Nvy

**rossg** · 03-01-2014, 05:39 AM

if they all have commas between them you can go
Data, text to columns, delimited, checkbox 'comma', finish..

**HaHoBe** · 03-01-2014, 05:40 AM

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Ciao,
Holger

**Nvy** · 03-01-2014, 05:55 AM

Sorry, didn't know that ^^, edited now.

They are not separated by commas, that's the problem.

The format is the exact one i posted, NAME ( just space ) ADRESS ( comma) COUNTY ( "-" ) SHARES

**HaHoBe** · 03-01-2014, 06:07 AM

Hi, Nvy,

thanks.

You could try and use the space for splitting up like this

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You could assign the numbers in the array to the columns you want.

Ciao,
Holger

**Nvy** · 03-03-2014, 04:12 AM

Good morning,
Thank you for your answer Holger.

The only problem is that the NAME sometimes has 3 words/initials ( ex: L. John Doe ), but in other instances it only has 2 parts ( John Doe ). I'm a bit worried the columns could get scrambled.

P.S. i'm a newb in macros ^^