As the before sheet only has one row, I assume that the multiple items in a
cell are unquantified :-).

Try this

Sub BreakOut()
Dim i As Long
Dim cLines As Long
Dim aryItems

aryItems = Split(Cells(1, "D").Value, Chr(10))
cLines = LBound(aryItems) + UBound(aryItems)
If cLines 1 Then
Range("A1:C1").Copy Destination:=Range("A2:A" & cLines + 1)
For i = UBound(aryItems) To LBound(aryItems) Step -1
Cells(i + 1, "D").Value = aryItems(i)
Next i
End If
End Sub


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HTH

RP
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"adin" wrote in message
...
I'll certainly try:

Befo

A B C D
abc
def
1 xyz 123 456 ghi

After:

A B C D
1 xyz 123 456 abc
2 xyz 123 456 def
3 xyz 123 456 ghi

Note that the "before" sheet has only one row.

Thanks,

Adin


"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Sorry, bear with me, I am still not getting this precisely.

Can you post example data and required results?

Thanks

Bob

"adin" wrote in message
...
Bob,

No blank columns - just more.

In this case, you've got 4 or 5 total columns, and only one of them
has
the
carriage returns - the rest are fine, but you want them all lined up
together
with the carriage return breaks that your macro creates.

Adin

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Do you mean that you want to insert some new blank columns? If so,
how
many,
and in front of which column?

Also, is this related to the previous question, in that it needs to
tie
in
with that code, or a separate question?

--

HTH

RP
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"adin" wrote in message
...
Bob,

Once again - you are the macro maestro!

If I need to add columns to the sheet, how do I add them in the
macro?

Thanks again!



"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Here's an example of such code


Sub FormatData()
Dim cLastRow As Long
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim cLines As Long
Dim aryItems

cLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = cLastRow To 1 Step -1
aryItems = Split(Cells(i, "A").Value, Chr(10))
cLines = LBound(aryItems) + UBound(aryItems)
If cLines 1 Then
Cells(i + 1, "A").Resize(cLines).EntireRow.Insert
For j = UBound(aryItems) To LBound(aryItems) Step -1
Cells(i + j, "A").Value = aryItems(j)
Cells(i + j, "B").Value = Cells(i, "B").Value
Next j
End If
Next i

End Sub


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HTH

RP
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"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
I don't think you can do this with a formula. You would
probably
need
a
fairly involved macro.

You would need to count the number of line breaks in each cell
in
column
A,
add that many rows below each cell, split the string, remove
the
line
breaks, and copy the column B information into the new rows.
Not
difficult,
but quite tedious.

--

Vasant

"adin" wrote in message
...
I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple
values
in
one
cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to
it
has
only
one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but
also
(the
fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to
the
column
next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain
"Food". A2
should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say
"Juice",
and
C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin