Enter this in B1 and copy across to F1

=INDEX($A:$A,(ROWS($1:1)-1)*5+COLUMNS($A:B)-1)

You will return zeros to column F because of the blank every 5th row.

Delete column F

Then select B1:E and copy down untill you get zeros

When happy, Copy B:F then EditPasteSpecialValuesOKEsc.

Delete column A


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:21:38 -0000, "Fred" wrote:

I have the top 40 music charts in a text file

the file is like this

5 rows consisting of

line 1 name of artist
line 2 song
line 3 date
line 4 chart position
line 5 is blank

i need to be able to import the list into excel
like this into 4 columns

name of artist, song, date, chart

Any ideas?


Tia