Text to column in excel
Problem:I have data like as above in hyperlink image in excel with headers , i need power shell code to split it columns delimited by comma , i can do it on excel by manually but every time i don't want to do such activity ,so any help is much appreciated.
Check code here
## Power Shell Code ##
worksheet.QueryTables.add(TxtConnector,worksheet.Range("A1"))
you can use text to column option in the excel itself for this.
open the File in excel and Go to DATA Tab,
1. Select the Column
2. Data -> Text to columns
3. Delimiter ',' OK
4. Data Split to all columns
Could you clarify what's the input (xls/csv file?) and what you're trying to archieve?
For what i could understand, you can use import-csv -delimiter "," to force it to divide the columns by comma.
If you need it back on a csv, you can pipe the result to export-csv -path $path -useculture, which will use the delimiters set by your current culture. You can also use any other kind of delimiter by using the -delimiter switch.
If this isn't what you were looking for, could you paste your code in the original post instead of using an image? It'll make it easier to read and test :)
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I am trying to automate the importing of a county file and convert it to csv. The issue I am having is that the account number is getting converted to scientific notation.
Import-Excel BacktaxRaw_FL_Flagler2.xlsx | Export-Csv ExportTest.csv
If I tried formatting number fields to be text fields using
C:\testdata> Import-Excel BacktaxRaw_FL_Flagler.xlsx | Export-Excel ExportTest.xlsx -Show -AutoSize -NumberFormat '#'
The problem here is that the account number last few digits are replaced with Zero. Example. The original number is ''1914310000010100016", Import is converting it to "1.9143100000101E+18 and finally the export is getting converted to "1914310000010100000". As you can see the 16 at the end is replaced with 00.
Ironically if I import the data into a new excel file and specify importing the data through excel and define the type as text then I can use Import-excel to convert to csv with no issue. This is telling me that Import-Excel is struggling to import the data from the original excel file. Can someone help me with this issue please?
I have attached the import file:
BacktaxRaw_FL_Flagler.xlsx
After doing some research and thanks to Ron's suggestions, I did a deeper dive to view the raw source code of the above file. I unzipped the contents of the BacktaxRaw_FL_Flagler.xlsx file and navigated to the \xl\worksheets\sheet1.xml file. I opened in notepad and saw first hand that none of the values I am looking for in column A are stored in scientific notation. They are in deed stored uncorrupted. Which means every attempt I have made to retrieve the data has resulted in data corruption. Even using Excels own data import wizard will alter the values.
Screen shot So you don't need to download file
If you want, download the raw xml file here:
Raw XML file
Importing csv in Excel can drive you nuts sometimes..
Best thing to do is download the original CSV file and make adjustments in there before opening in Excel.
The trick is to make Excel interpret the values for the "Account Number" column as strings instead of numeric values.
This can be done by prefixing all values in that column with a Tab character ("`t").
$csvFileIn = 'D:\Test\Report.csv'
$csvFileOut = 'D:\Test\CorrectedReport.csv'
$ColumnName = 'Account Number'
# import the csv file you have downloaded and format the "Account Number"
# column by prefixing the values with a TAB character ("`t").
# this will effectively force Excel NOT to interpret the value as numeric.
$csv = Import-Csv -Path $csvFileIn
foreach ($item in $csv) { $item.$ColumnName = "`t" + $item.$ColumnName }
# save the updated csv file
# the '-UseCulture' switch makes sure the delimiter used is the same that Excel will use on the same system
$csv | Export-Csv -Path $csvFileOut -UseCulture -NoTypeInformation
Now you can simply double-click the 'D:\Test\CorrectedReport.csv' file to open in Excel and this should be what it looks like:
The behavior seems odd. Especially since an Excel cell that is stored as a text string will retain that property if just opened in Excel.
So I delved into the Open Office XML specifications a bit more closely.
Examining the XML of the document closely, it appears that the document was created incorrectly. I suspect the xlsx workbook was NOT created by Excel, but rather by some other program.
If I am correct, for the cell in question A3, the value is stored as a number and formatted as General.
<c r="A3" s="2"><v>1914310000010100016</v></c>
s="2" points to a General format in the style table, and the value is stored directly.
If it were stored as a string, with a format of text, the entry would look something like:
r="A3" s="1" t="s"><v>10247</v></c>
where t="s" represents a value from a string table -- actually the 10247th (0-based counting) entry from the SharedStrings table which doesn't even exist in your original xlsx, but will be created if you format A3 as text, then enter the account number for that entry, and then save the file.
So rather than a problem with the import process, I am thinking there is a problem with the actual xlsx file creation. And that we have no control over.
If the file creation problem cannot be corrected, you will need a non-Excel tool that can edit the XML files to correct the problem.
Note: If the county can provide a CSV file, instead of an improperly created Excel file, you should be able to import that without difficulty.
Note: I see that one of the options on the page is to download a CSV file. Just use that option and then you'll be able to import with no issues at all!
I am using Excel for Mac 2016 on macOS Sierra software. Although I have been successfully copying and pasting CSV files into excel for some time now, recently, they have begun to behave in an odd way. When I paste the data, the content of each row seems to split over many columns. Where as before one cell would have been able to contain many words, it seems now as though each cell is only able to contain one word, so it splits the content of what would normally be in one cell, over many cells, making some rows of data spread out over up to 100 columns!
I have tried Data tab>> From text>> which takes me through a Text Wizard. There I choose Delimited>> Choose Delimiters: Untick the 'Space' box ('Tab' box is still ticked)>> Column data as 'General'>> Finish. Following this process appears to import the data into its correct columns. It works. BUT, a lot of work to get there!
Question: Is there any way to change the default settings of Delimiters, so that the 'Space' delimiter does not automatically divide the data?
I found an answer! It has to do with the "Text to Columns" function:
The way fix this behavior is:
Select a non-empty cell
Do Data -> Text to Columns
Make sure to choose Delimited
Click Next >
Enable the Tab delimiter, disable all the others
Clear Treat consecutive delimiters as one
Click Cancel
Now try pasting your data again
I did the opposite regarding "consecutive delimiters"!
I put a tick in the box next to "Treat consecutive delimiters as one", and THEN it worked.
Choose delimiter directly in CSV file to open in Excel
For Excel to be able to read a CSV file with a field separator used in a given CSV file, you can specify the separator directly in that file. For this, open your file in any text editor, say Notepad, and type the below string before any other data:
To separate values with comma: sep=,
To separate values with semicolon: sep=;
To separate values with a pipe: sep=|
In a similar fashion, you can use any other character for the delimiter - just type the character after the equality sign.
For example, to correctly open a semicolon delimited CSV in Excel, we explicitly indicate that the field separator is a semicolon:
reference
I want to export a huge excel file as a .csv, but the data contains commas within the cells.
How do I export the excel data to a .csv with the deliminator as this |
I've tried doing the usual "save as", but it is not working for my data.
Hi Check out this method in the below link, its what I have used in the past
https://www.howtogeek.com/howto/21456/export-or-save-excel-files-with-pipe-or-other-delimiters-instead-of-commas/
Summary:
Control Panel –> Region and Language, and then click the Additional settings
When in the additional settings find “List separator”
Change this to anything you want, in your case you would want the | pipe
By definition CSV stands for Comma Delimited.
Easy alternatives that were under your nose in the Save As window are:
"Formatted Text(Space Delimited)" though this won't be appropriate if you have spaces in your cells
"Text(Tab Delimited)" it is less likely you'll have tabs in your cells and people won't type those in to excel.
If you really want the 'pipe' | then I would suggest saving as tab delimited and running some kind of find & replace on the resulting text file. This is a bit of a workaround
A even bigger workaround is to concatenate the cells using a formula on the sheet with a | involved and the save as text only that column.
I have a C++ application which calls the business logic and generates a CSV that contains different transaction data.
Business partner wants to have this CSV as an Excel file and with different formatting options such as headers with bold text and numbers formatting with commas, etc.
I can not find any option to do this in c++ but found that I can convert the CSV file to Excel using PowerShell. I am finding the below difficulty in PowerShell:
Though the amount fields are in number format - I can not see the
result as "1,234,56.00". It just shows like 123456 only. But when I
check the format option it shows 1,234.10.. I have added the line in
PowerShell as below:
$worksheet.columns.item(2).NumberFormat = "#,##0.00_);[Red](#,##0.00)"
I have multiple sections in the same work sheet with multiple header
sections. I need to format some of the texts in bold. I can
change the format to bold as below.
$worksheet.Range("1:1").Font.Bold = $True
But the issue for me is the report will generate different numbers of records based transaction details. So I can't take the cell range and decide to format statically.
Import you csv with import-csv command
Modify your column values with good format (cast, substring etc) into loop
Export into other temporary csv
Transform your temporary csv in Excel. You will found lot of code here
There is an excellent module for Excel here by Douge Finke
Regards,
Kvprasoon
I want to insert a multiline text data in a CSV field.
Ex:
var data = "\nanything\nin\nthis\nfield";
var fields = "\"Datafield1\",\"Datafield2:"+data+"\"\n";
When I save fields into a csv file and open it using MS Excel, I get to see only the first column. But when I open the file using a text editor I see:
"Datafield1","Datafield2:
anything
in
this
field"
I don't know whether I am going against CSV standards. Even if I am going against Please help me with a workaround.
Thanks...
By default MS Excel uses semicolon as a separator. use ; and you'll see this:
Here I place some text followed by the NewLine char followed by some more text and the
whole string MUST be quoted into a field in a csv file.
Do not use a CR since EXCEL will place it in the next cell.
""2" + NL + "DATE""
When you invoke EXCEL, you will see this. You may have to auto size the height to see the entire cell.
2
DATE
Here's the code in Basic
CHR$(34,"2", 10,"DATE", 34)