Hi mcertini,

If your first stacked value is in [A1] then introduce the following ARRAY
formula (confirm with Ctrl+Shift+Enter, not just Enter) in [B1] and copy to
the right and downwards:

=INDEX(MID($A1,1+LARGE((MID($A1&CHAR(10),ROW(INDIR ECT("1:"&LEN($A1)+1)),1)=CHAR(10))*ROW(INDIRECT("1 :"&LEN($A1)+1)),1+ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN($A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE($A1,CHAR(10),""))+1))),LARGE((MID($ A1&CHAR(10),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN($A1)+1)),1)=CHAR (10))*ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN($A1)+1)),ROW(INDIRECT( "1:"&LEN($A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE($A1,CHAR(10),""))+1)))-LARGE((MID($A1&CHAR(10),ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN($A1) +1)),1)=CHAR(10))*ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN($A1)+1)),1 +ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN($A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE($A1,CHAR(10),""))+1)))-1),1+LEN($A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE($A1,CHAR(10),""))-(COLUMN()-COLUMN($B:$B)))

Regards,
KL


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am trying to separate out the contents of a single cell within Excel
into multiple cells. The text contents within the cell have been input
in a columnar format within the cell. I have tried a number of similar
solutions that I have found on this site but nothing is working. The
following is an example of the two types of text I am trying to
separate out. Each entry within the cell was stacked above each other
with a return. Not all cells within the spreadsheet are going to have
the same product number length.

In Cell A1

30092-08/16
30093-08/16
60236-08/16
60237-08/16

In Cell B1

Net Timer, Hip Stem, Concensus, TI, Sz 08/16
Net Forging, Hip Stem, Consensus, CoCr, Sz 08/16
Overlay, 5x Scal, Net Forging, Hip Stem,
Consensus, Ti, Sz 08/16


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