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BonnyJH
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May 03, 2024
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Can I split information in a field?

I have a cell that contains this:  00001/  /  /29100/  I would like 2 separate numeric cells, one cell that would contain 00001 and the second cell that contains 29100 omitting the slash marks comple...
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  • mathetes's avatar
    mathetes
    May 03, 2024

    You could also employ =CHOOSECOLS(TEXTSPLIT(A1,"/"),1,4) if you have a new version of Excel or subscription to Microsoft 365. This formula has the advantage of working even if the strings of digits vary in length. (If the number of slash marks change, you will need to adjust up or down the final digit to reflect that.)

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PeterBartholomew1
Silver Contributor
May 04, 2024

BonnyJH 

The formula

= TEXTSPLIT(string, {"/"," "}, , TRUE)

will remove the empty fields by using the space character itself as a separator.  This would give several more blank cells except for the final parameter that causes them to be removed.

 

If the single string were to become a list of strings you would hit the dreaded 'array of arrays' error in which Excel classes the correct solution to the problem as unsupported.  If you could guarantee that all the substrings were 5 characters long then

 

= LET(
    concat, MAP(list, LAMBDA(term, CONCAT(TEXTSPLIT(term, {"/"," "}, , TRUE)))),
    MID(concat, {1,6,11}, 5)
  )

should work.

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