Essentially:
I have a cell value that looks like this:
Hello - (Whats Up (HowAreYou))
I need to extract the value of what is inside the outside parenthesis:
Whats Up (HowAreYou)
How can this formula be modified to accommodate this requirement:
=MID(C11,SEARCH("(",C11)+1,SEARCH(")",C11)-SEARCH("(",C11)-1)
use FILTERXML:
=FILTERXML("<a>"&SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"(","<b>",1),")","</b>",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,")","")))&"</a>","//b")
Or:
=MID(REPLACE(A1,FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A1,")","#",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,")","")))),999,""),FIND("(",A1)+1,999)
Try:
=MID(A1,SEARCH("(",A1)+1,SEARCH("#",SUBSTITUTE(A1,")","#",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,")",""))))-SEARCH("(",A1)-1)
Amongst the other good answers, you could alternatively try:
=REPLACE(LEFT(A1,MATCH(2,1/(MID(A1,SEQUENCE(LEN(A1)),1)=")"))-1),1,FIND("(",A1),)
Or, without Excel 365:
=REPLACE(LEFT(A1,MATCH(2,1/(MID(A1,ROW(A$1:INDEX(A:A,LEN(A1))),1)=")"))-1),1,FIND("(",A1),)
Note: This last formula requires you to enter as array formula through Ctrl+Shift+Enter
You can also use "Text To Column" function. You can find it in data tab in data tools group.
Select the cell or column that contains the text you want to split.
Select Data > Text to Columns.
In the Convert Text to Columns Wizard, select Delimited > Next.
Select the Delimiters "space" and "other" << put "-" in the text box next to "other" > Next.
Slect the location where you want that data and click finish.
Note: by this way you will end up with double bracket at the end that you can fix with replace function. Selecd your data and click find and replace. Put )) in find box and ) in replace window, click replace all.
Formula:
Assuming your data is in cell A1
Hello - (Whats Up (HowAreYou))
= RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1, "))", ")", 1), LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1, "))", ")", 1)) - SEARCH(" - ", SUBSTITUTE(A1, "))", ")", 1))
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Good morning, I was looking for a formula to help me with this in Excel 2016, but I did not succeed, I have this text in a cell:
CF|0101|2019-02-05|01|F007-00000018|PEN|20539043782|6|20479636304|SERVICENTRO SANTA MARIA EIRL|CARRET. JAEN SAN IGNACIO KM 25- CAS. YANUYACU- JAEN||||||||6.10|33.90|6.10|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|0.00|33.90|40.00|0.00|0.00|40.00|1000|CUARENTA CON 00/100 SOLES |||||||M5K-788|
I want to extract the text with the help of the separator "|" and in a not so long formula, try with FIND, but the formula becomes very long after the third linked search, is there any way to obtain the position of the separator by number of concurrency? , something like this:
Searched text;Cell;Repetition number(concurrency of simbol)
=FORMULA("|";A1;2)
Result: 8
Or simulate something like this?
From already thank you very much.
**UPDATE
I will not use all the texts among the "|", that's why my need to obtain the position of the separators to extract only the text I need, since the tool "Text to Columns "forces you to give a position for all the separate texts.
If you truly want a formula that will separate everything into unique Columns. Then perhaps you should look at a custom formula. Here is a quick example of UDF that can parse data based on the "|"
Function SplitData(rng As String, Character As Variant, Position As Integer) As Variant
SplitData = Split(rng, Character)(Position - 1)
End Function
Once this function has been placed into a VBA module, then you can call this from any cell within that workbook.
To keep things simple here is the breakout...
=SplitData( <THE CELL THAT CONTAINS THE DATA YOU WISH TO PARSE>, <THE CHARACTER YOU WANT TO USE AS YOUR DELIMITER>, <POSITION IN WHICH YOU WANT TO DISPLAY THE TEXT (Valid Numbers start at 1+> )
The POSITION Point is used to display which section of the text. For example based on your example provided, if you populated the following...
=SplitData(A1, "|", 1) == "CF"
By the way, if you are dead set on finding the location of the "|", then how about using the =Search() formula. This will easily hunt do the character position of the first "|", but with a little bit of work you can get it to display other locations.
As outlined here, you can use Text to Columns:
Select the cell or column that contains the text you want to split.
Select Data > Text to Columns.
In the Convert Text to Columns Wizard, select Delimited > Next.
Select the Delimiters for your data. You'd want to put a | in the "Other" area.
Select Next.
Select the Column data format or use what Excel chose for you.
Select the Destination, which is where you want the split data to
appear on your worksheet.
Select Finish.
Or - if you literally just need all that in a single string, without |, you can use SUBSTITUTE():
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,"|"," ")
I'm new to stack overflow so I apologize if this is a horrendously stupid question. I am wondering if there is a function or way to code a function in excel that will combine a column of cells with plain text and convert them into one cell with the text on a single line? Specifically I want to convert a column of random numbers into a single line of text and insert SPACE+AND+SPACE between them.
Ex.
15133484
12345188
12345888
to
15133484 AND 12345188 AND 12345888
Currently I am copying and pasting all this information into google and then into Word and using find/replace and it is taking forever everytime. If it is possible to just get Excel to do this for me that would be amazing.
Thanks!
If you have Office 365 Excel use TEXTJOIN():
=TEXTJOIN(" AND ",TRUE,A:A)
otherwise one would have to use:
=A1 & " AND " & A2 & " AND " & A3
Or one can use a helper column, B1 put:
=A1
put this in B2 and copy down:
=IF(A2<>"",B1 & " AND " & A2,B1)
And grab the last cell in column B.
A little late, but still:
Reference here
Step 1:
=concatenate(transpose(rngBeg:rngEnd & " AND "))
Step 2:
highlight the transpose statement and then press F9, which substitutes the actual values for the formula.
Step 3:
Remove the curly braces, { }, from the formula. The cell will display the range of reference cells combined with whatever separator chosen after the ampersand sign.
Not a "live" formula, but still far easier than manually concatenating a range of values.
Press ALT+F11 to open Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications,
Insert-> Module
Paste this:
Function Combine(WorkRng As Range, Optional Sign As String = " AND ") As String
Dim Rng As Range
Dim OutStr As String
For Each Rng In WorkRng
If Rng.Text <> "," Then
OutStr = OutStr & Rng.Text & Sign
End If
Next
Combine = Left(OutStr, Len(OutStr) - 5)
End Function
In any cell type =Combine(Range)
i.e.
=Combine(A1:A500)
use concat function if you can add an additional column in the excel like this:
=CONCAT(D3:E5)
Attached sample image with input, additional column, output and formula
I assume you want to merge the data in the 3 cells into a single cell with a space between the 3 data set.
If that is the case then you can do it simply by using the Concatenate function in excel.
In the above example, you have data in Cells A1, A2 & A3.
Cell C1 has the merged data. As you can see, we have used CONCATENATE Function.
The space has been defined in Double quotes. So if you need a Hyphen (-), you can put that in Double Quotes with space “ - ” and it will display the result with Sanjay - Singh - Question
Hope this helps.
I've a huge data in excel file.
For eg: say i've a word like paul son,i've to make it as paulson.
input:paul son
output:paulson.
In some cells ,i've data like mic-li,when this type of words come,it should not replace any thing,it should only remove spaces in between words.
Suppose the data is in the B column, write in the C column the formula:
=SUBSTITUTE(B1," ","")
Copy&Paste the formula in the whole C column.
edit: using commas or semicolons as parameters separator depends on your regional settings (I have to use the semicolons). This is weird I think. Thanks to #tocallaghan and #pablete for pointing this out.
It is SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",""), not REPLACE(xx;xx;xx).
Steps (1) Just Select your range, rows or column or array ,
(2) Press ctrl+H , (3 a) then in the find type a space
(3 b) in the replace do not enter anything,
(4)then just click on replace all.....
you are done.
Just wanted to add on to vulkanino's answer... now 10 years later ha. This is what I was looking for maybe someone else is too. You can also build on multiple =SUBSTITUTE() functions.
Here is what I used to format a list of names for Active Directory accounts. B2 is where the name would go. I wanted to change the space between the First name and last to a period and omit any hyphens from names.
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(B2, " ", "."), "-", "")
For example the line above would look like this:
First Last-Name => First.LastName
, "-", "")
This part removes the hyphen.
(B2, " ", ".")
This part selects the cell to modify and changes empty space to a period.
=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(...)...)
I used two substitute functions one inside the other.
How can I append text to every cell in a column in Excel? I need to add a comma (",") to the end.
Example:
email#address.com turns into email#address.com,
Data Sample:
m2engineers#yahoo.co.in
satishmm_2sptc#yahoo.co.in
threed_precisions#rediffmail.com
workplace_solution#yahoo.co.in
threebworkplace#dataone.in
dtechbng#yahoo.co.in
innovations#yahoo.co.in
sagar#mmm.com
bpsiva#mmm.com
nsrinivasrao#mmm.com
pdilip#mmm.com
vvijaykrishnan#mmm.com
mrdevaraj#mmm.com
b3minvestorhelpdesk#mmm.com
sbshridhar#mmm.com
balaji#mmm.com
schakravarthi#mmm.com
srahul1#mmm.com
khramesh2#mmm.com
avinayak#mmm.com
rockindia#hotmail.com
See if this works for you.
All your data is in column A (beginning at row 1).
In column B, row 1, enter =A1&","
This will make cell B1 equal A1 with a comma appended.
Now select cell B1 and drag from the bottom right of cell down through all your rows (this copies the formula and uses the corresponding column A value.)
Select the newly appended data, copy it and paste it where you need using Paste -> By Value
That's It!
It's a simple "&" function.
=cell&"yourtexthere"
Example - your cell says Mickey, and you want Mickey Mouse. Mickey is in A2. In B2, type
=A2&" Mouse"
Then, copy and "paste special" for values.
B2 now reads "Mickey Mouse"
It's simple...
=CONCATENATE(A1, ",")
Example: if email#address.com is in the A1 cell then write in another cell: =CONCATENATE(A1, ",")
email#address.com After this formula you will get email#address.com,
For remove formula: copy that cell and use Alt + E + S + V or paste special value.
There is no need to use extra columns or VBA if you only want to add the character for display purposes.
As this post suggests, all you need to do is:
Select the cell(s) you would like to apply the formatting to
Click on the Home tab
Click on Number
Select Custom
In the Type text box, enter your desired formatting by placing the number zero inside whatever characters you want.
Example of such text for formatting:
If you want the cell holding value 120.00 to read $120K, type $0K
Pretty simple...you could put all of them in a cell using the concatenate function:
=CONCATENATE(A1, ", ", A2, ", ", and so on)
Highlight the column and then Ctrl + F.
Find and replace
Find ".com"
Replace ".com, "
And then one for .in
Find and replace
Find ".in"
Replace ".in, "
Simplest of them all is to use the "Flash Fill" option under the "Data" tab.
Keep the original input column on the left (say column A) and just add a blank column on the right of it (say column B, this new column will be treated as output).
Just fill in a couple of cells of Column B with actual expected output. In this case:
m2engineers#yahoo.co.in,
satishmm_2sptc#yahoo.co.in,
Then select the column range where you want the output along with the first couple of cells you filled manually ... then do the magic...click on "Flash Fill".
It basically understands the output pattern corresponding to the input and fills the empty cells.
I just wrote this for another answer:
You would call it using the form using your example: appendTextToRange "[theRange]", ",".
Sub testit()
appendTextToRange "A1:D4000", "hey there"
End Sub
Sub appendTextToRange(rngAddress As String, append As String)
Dim arr() As Variant, c As Variant
arr = Range(rngAddress).Formula
For x = LBound(arr, 1) To UBound(arr, 1)
For y = LBound(arr, 2) To UBound(arr, 2)
Debug.Print arr(x, y)
If arr(x, y) = "" Then
arr(x, y) = append
ElseIf Left(arr(x, y), 1) = "=" Then
arr(x, y) = arr(x, y) & " & "" " & append & """"
Else
arr(x, y) = arr(x, y) & " " & append
End If
Next
Next
Range(rngAddress).Formula = arr
End Sub
Select the range of cells, type in the value and press Ctrl + Enter.
This, of course, is true if you want to do it manually.
Put the text/value in the first cell, then copy the cell, mark the whole colum and 'paste' the copied text/value.
This works in Excel 97 - sorry no other version available on my side...
This is addition to #Edward-Leno 's answer for more detail/explanation and cases where the text cells are formulas instead of values, and you want to retain the original formula.
Suppose your cells look like this (formulas)
="email" & "#" & "address.com"
=A1 & "#" & C1
instead of this (values)
email#address.com
If "email" and "address.com" were some cells like A1 is the email and C1 is the address.com part, then you'd have something like =A1&"#"&C1 which would be important to retain since A1 and C1 might not be constants and can change, so the comma-concatenated values would change, like if C1 is "gmail.com", "yahoo.com", or something else based on its formula.
Values method: The following steps will successfully append text but only keep the value using a scratch column (this works for rows, too, but for simplicity, the directions are for columns)
Assume column A is your data.
In scratch column B, start anywhere like the top of column B such as at B1 and put this formula:
=A1&","
Essentially, the "&" is the concatenation operator, combining two strings together (numbers are converted to strings). The "," can be adjusted to ", " if you want a space after the comma.
Copy the cell B1 and copy it down to all other cells in column B, either by clicking at the bottom right of cell B1 and dragging down, or copying with "Ctrl+C" or right-click > "Copy".
Paste B1 to all cells in column B with "Ctrl+V" or right-click > "Paste Options:" > "Paste". You should see the data looking like you intended.
Copy all cells in column B and paste them to where you want via right-click > "Paste Options:" > "Values". We select values so it doesn't mess up any formatting or conditional formatting
Formula retention method: The following steps will successfully retain the original formula. The process is similar to the values method, and only step 2, the formula used to concatenate the comma, changes.
Assume column A is your data.
In scratch column B, start anywhere like the top of column B such as at B1 and put this formula:
=FORMULATEXT(A1)&","
FORMULATEXT() grabs the formula of the cell as opposed to the value of it, so a simple example would be that it grabs =2+2 instead of 4, or =A1 & "#" & C1 where A1 is "Bob" and C1 is "gmail.com" instead of Bob#gmail.com.
Note: This formula only works for Excel versions 2013 and greater. For alternative equivalent solutions for Excel 2010 and older, see this superuser answer: https://superuser.com/a/894441/495155
Copy the cell B1 and copy it down to all other cells in column B, either by clicking at the bottom right of cell B1 and dragging down, or copying with "Ctrl+C" or right-click > "Copy".
Paste B1 to all cells in column B with "Ctrl+V" or right-click > "Paste Options:" > "Paste". You should see the data looking like you intended.
Copy all cells in column B and paste them to where you want via right-click > "Paste Options:" > "Values". We select values so it doesn't mess up any formatting or conditional formatting
Type it in one cell, copy that cell, select all the cells you want to fill, and paste.
Alternatively, type it in one cell, select the black square in the bottom-right of that cell, and drag down.
I have a column with some text in each cell.
I want to add some text, for example "X", at the start of all cells. For example:
A B
----- >>>> ----
1 X1
2 X2
3 X3
What is the easiest way to do this?
Type this in cell B1, and copy down...
="X"&A1
This would also work:
=CONCATENATE("X",A1)
And here's one of many ways to do this in VBA (Disclaimer: I don't code in VBA very often!):
Sub AddX()
Dim i As Long
With ActiveSheet
For i = 1 To .Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row Step 1
.Cells(i, 2).Value = "X" & Trim(Str(.Cells(i, 1).Value))
Next i
End With
End Sub
Select the cell you want to be like this,
Go To Cell Properties (or CTRL 1)
under Number tab
in custom
enter
"X"#
Select the cell you want to be like this, go to cell properties (or CTRL 1) under Number tab in custom enter "X"#
Put a space between " and # if needed
Select the cell you want,
Go To Format Cells (or CTRL+1),
Select the "custom" Tab, enter your required format like : "X"#
use a space if needed.
for example, I needed to insert the word "Hours" beside my numbers and used this format : # "hours"
Enter the function of = CONCATENATE("X",A1) in one cell other than A say D
Click the Cell D1, and drag the fill handle across the range that you want to fill.All the cells should have been added the specific prefix text.
You can see the changes made to the repective cells.
Option 1:
select the cell(s), under formatting/number/custom formatting, type in
"BOB" General
now you have a prefix "BOB" next to numbers, dates, booleans, but not next to TEXTs
Option2:
As before, but use the following format
_ "BOB" #_
now you have a prefix BOB, this works even if the cell contained text
Cheers, Sudhi
Michael.. if its just for formatting then you can format the cell to append any value.
Just right click and select Format Cell on the context menu, select custom and then specify type as you wish... for above example it would be X0. Here 'X' is the prefix and 0 is the numeric after.
Hope this helps..
Cheers...
Go to Format Cells - Custom. Type the required format into the list first. To prefix "0" before the text characters in an Excel column, use the Format 0####. Remember, use the character "#" equal to the maximum number of digits in a cell of that column. For e.g., if there are 4 cells in a column with the entries - 123, 333, 5665, 7 - use the formula 0####. Reason - A single # refers to reference of just one digit.
Another way to do this:
Put your prefix in one column say column A in excel
Put the values to which you want to add prefix in another column say column B in excel
In Column C, use this formula;
"C1=A1&B1"
Copy all the values in column C and paste it again in the same selection but as values only.
Type a value in one cell (EX:B4 CELL). For temporary use this formula in other cell (once done delete it). =CONCAT(XY,B4) . click and drag till the value you need. Copy the whole column and right click paste only values (second option).
I tried and it's working as expected.