Split cell with multiple lines into rows - excel

Question

I have a workbook with cells that have linebreaks (entered via ALT + ENTER).
I have to separate them into individual rows. All the cells are in column A.
Each line in the cell has a bullet point (eg. "* ") up front, which could serve as a beacon to break the line at this point.

Answer 1

You can use split with Chr(10) or VbLf
Dim cell_value As Variant
Dim counter As Integer
'Row counter
counter = 1
'Looping trough A column define max value
For i = 1 To 10
'Take cell at the time
cell_value = ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(i, 1).Value
'Split cell contents
Dim WrdArray() As String
WrdArray() = Split(cell_value, vbLf)
'Place values to the B column
For Each Item In WrdArray
ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Cells(counter, 2).Value = Item
counter = counter + 1
Next Item
Next i
No you have array to place each row to different cell

Answer 2

There is no need of code for this, lets make it simple.
Follow the bellow steps.
Select the data-set you want to split -> Go to Data Tab -> Select "Text to columns" -> from this pop-up select "Delimited" -> Select which delimiter is separating your texts -> Select the destination cell -> Click "OK"
Try This.
Regards,
Ashwin
Edit from Markus: For the newline as delimiter use "Ctr-J"

Answer 3

If you select the cell and run the macro you would get what you want on the next column like this:
Option Explicit
Public Sub selection_into_rows()
Dim k As Variant
Dim l_counter As Long
k = Split(Selection, Chr(10))
For l_counter = LBound(k) To UBound(k)
Cells(l_counter + 1, Selection.Column + 1) = k(l_counter)
Next l_counter
End Sub

Answer 4

This will work on one row only after selecting it (but should get you started):
Option Explicit
Public Sub SelectionIntoRows()
Dim k() As String
Dim l As Long
Dim i As Long
k() = Split(Range("A1"), " ")
i = 1
For l = 0 To UBound(k)
Cells(i, 1) = k(l)
i = i + 1
Next l
End Sub

Answer 5

Sub extract()
'Query extract data in cell B divided by ALT+Enter, Comma space
'Mandatory to create in front Sheet1, Sheet2, and Sheet3
'ATTENTION! if field B is empty return no data!! Manually add column A (with empty column B)if needed!!
'manually remove empty cell in results (Sheet2)
'before START Query remove duplicate from input data!!
'Doesn't work with full stop
'When finished Msg Done will be display
Dim c As Long, r As Range, I As Long, d As Long, Temp() As String
d = 0
For Each r In Range("B2:B" & Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row) ' Change this to suit your range..
c = 2
Temp = Split((r.Value), Chr(10))
For i = LBound(Temp) To UBound(Temp)
Sheets("Sheet2").Cells(r.Row, c - 1).Offset(d, 0).Value = Cells(r.Row, r.Column - 1).Value
Sheets("Sheet2").Cells(r.Row, c).Offset(d, 0).Value = Temp(i)
Cells(r.Row, c).Offset(d, 0).Select
ActiveCell.Value = Trim(ActiveCell.Value)
d = d + 1
Next
d = d - 1
Next
Sheets("Sheet2").Select
Columns("A:B").Select
ActiveSheet.Range("$A$1:$B$62856").RemoveDuplicates Columns:=Array(1, 2), _
Header:=xlYes
Range("A1").Select

Answer 6

I had a half dozen of these blobs from an poor Acrobat PDF to XLSX conversion, peppered throughout 500 rows.
I copied the text blob (like OP) into Notepad, removed "" from the start and end line, and pasted to a new spreadsheet. That tells me how many lines to insert. Then pasted into that hole.
"This was all of
my input text"
Then I could use TextToCol.