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ajmal_pottekattil_yoousuf
Feb 01, 2025Iron Contributor
Splitting Long Text into Different Columns in Excel
I have a challenge that I am hoping to get some assistance with. In Sheet 3 of my Excel workbook, I have a large dataset where the text is in a long format within a single column. I need to split thi...
Patrick2788
Feb 01, 2025Silver Contributor
From what I gather from your workbook, Sheet1 contains the hint at how the columns should be split.
For illustrative purposes, I've changed the font color for the first entry to indicate how the words are to be separated from what I understand:
It's tempting to use regex capture groups but it's probably needlessly complex for this task when flash fill can produce the results in the capture above. To use flash fill with this data you have to provide an example of how the text is to be split like this:
Select the cell below "PRO" and press ctrl+E to activate flash fill. Repeat for the other columns going left-to-right. Be sure to select one cell at a time.