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I am trying to clean up an address table in excel. Here is example of
the row I am working with: Northgate I Apt 342 Northgate I Apt 242 Apt 242 Northgate I Apt 43 Northgate I I want to take each address and create two new columns, one for "Northgate I" and one for Apt###, with whatever apartment # is in the cell. One of the problems is that the cells are not uniformly name/ apart#, but rather, in all sorts of combinations. There are never more than 3 numbers after "Apt", and the numbers always come after "Apt" Any help or advice would be great. I am also looking to learn some VBA. Any websites or books you recommend for learning VBA for Excel? Thanks, Michael |
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Try this using the built-in functions:
For the apt number: A2 = Northgate I Apt 342 Formula entered in B2: ="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10,--MID(A2,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"01234567 89")),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255")))) For the name: Formula entered in C2: =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")) Book list: http://contextures.com/xlbooks.html Biff wrote in message ps.com... I am trying to clean up an address table in excel. Here is example of the row I am working with: Northgate I Apt 342 Northgate I Apt 242 Apt 242 Northgate I Apt 43 Northgate I I want to take each address and create two new columns, one for "Northgate I" and one for Apt###, with whatever apartment # is in the cell. One of the problems is that the cells are not uniformly name/ apart#, but rather, in all sorts of combinations. There are never more than 3 numbers after "Apt", and the numbers always come after "Apt" Any help or advice would be great. I am also looking to learn some VBA. Any websites or books you recommend for learning VBA for Excel? Thanks, Michael |
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Thanks for your help! Works well.
Ron Rosenfeld wrote: On 17 Mar 2007 19:21:06 -0700, wrote: I am trying to clean up an address table in excel. Here is example of the row I am working with: Northgate I Apt 342 Northgate I Apt 242 Apt 242 Northgate I Apt 43 Northgate I I want to take each address and create two new columns, one for "Northgate I" and one for Apt###, with whatever apartment # is in the cell. One of the problems is that the cells are not uniformly name/ apart#, but rather, in all sorts of combinations. There are never more than 3 numbers after "Apt", and the numbers always come after "Apt" Any help or advice would be great. I am also looking to learn some VBA. Any websites or books you recommend for learning VBA for Excel? Thanks, Michael Here's one way: Download and install LOngre's free morefunc.xll add-in from http://xcell05.free.fr/ Then, with data in A1, use these formulas: Apt number B1: =REGEX.MID(A1,"Apt\s*\d+") Rest of string C1: =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,B1,"")) --ron |
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Thanks for your help! The first formula worked great. Tbe second
formula is simply returning whatever was in the first cell. I think that is because the first formula returns "Apt###" and not "Apt ###" which is what is A2. On Mar 17, 11:17 pm, "T. Valko" wrote: Try this using the built-in functions: For the apt number: A2 = Northgate I Apt 342 Formula entered in B2: ="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10,--MID(A2,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"01234567 89")),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255")))) For the name: Formula entered in C2: =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")) Book list: http://contextures.com/xlbooks.html Biff wrote in message ps.com... I am trying to clean up an address table in excel. Here is example of the row I am working with: Northgate I Apt 342 Northgate I Apt 242 Apt 242 Northgate I Apt 43 Northgate I I want to take each address and create two new columns, one for "Northgate I" and one for Apt###, with whatever apartment # is in the cell. One of the problems is that the cells are not uniformly name/ apart#, but rather, in all sorts of combinations. There are never more than 3 numbers after "Apt", and the numbers always come after "Apt" Any help or advice would be great. I am also looking to learn some VBA. Any websites or books you recommend for learning VBA for Excel? Thanks, Michael |
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On 19 Mar 2007 09:16:52 -0700, "
wrote: Thanks for your help! Works well. You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback. --ron |
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That's because the first formula got messed up due to line wrap. There is a
space after "Apt": ="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10............. Should be: ="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10............ Biff wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for your help! The first formula worked great. Tbe second formula is simply returning whatever was in the first cell. I think that is because the first formula returns "Apt###" and not "Apt ###" which is what is A2. On Mar 17, 11:17 pm, "T. Valko" wrote: Try this using the built-in functions: For the apt number: A2 = Northgate I Apt 342 Formula entered in B2: ="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10,--MID(A2,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"01234567 89")),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255")))) For the name: Formula entered in C2: =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")) Book list: http://contextures.com/xlbooks.html Biff wrote in message ps.com... I am trying to clean up an address table in excel. Here is example of the row I am working with: Northgate I Apt 342 Northgate I Apt 242 Apt 242 Northgate I Apt 43 Northgate I I want to take each address and create two new columns, one for "Northgate I" and one for Apt###, with whatever apartment # is in the cell. One of the problems is that the cells are not uniformly name/ apart#, but rather, in all sorts of combinations. There are never more than 3 numbers after "Apt", and the numbers always come after "Apt" Any help or advice would be great. I am also looking to learn some VBA. Any websites or books you recommend for learning VBA for Excel? Thanks, Michael |
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Or, if you don't want "Apt ###" and just want the number by itself:
=LOOKUP(10^10,--MID(A2,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"01234567 89")),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255")))) Biff "T. Valko" wrote in message ... That's because the first formula got messed up due to line wrap. There is a space after "Apt": ="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10............. Should be: ="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10............ Biff wrote in message ups.com... Thanks for your help! The first formula worked great. Tbe second formula is simply returning whatever was in the first cell. I think that is because the first formula returns "Apt###" and not "Apt ###" which is what is A2. On Mar 17, 11:17 pm, "T. Valko" wrote: Try this using the built-in functions: For the apt number: A2 = Northgate I Apt 342 Formula entered in B2: ="Apt "&LOOKUP(10^10,--MID(A2,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A2&"01234567 89")),ROW(INDIRECT("1:255")))) For the name: Formula entered in C2: =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A2,B2,"")) Book list: http://contextures.com/xlbooks.html Biff wrote in message ps.com... I am trying to clean up an address table in excel. Here is example of the row I am working with: Northgate I Apt 342 Northgate I Apt 242 Apt 242 Northgate I Apt 43 Northgate I I want to take each address and create two new columns, one for "Northgate I" and one for Apt###, with whatever apartment # is in the cell. One of the problems is that the cells are not uniformly name/ apart#, but rather, in all sorts of combinations. There are never more than 3 numbers after "Apt", and the numbers always come after "Apt" Any help or advice would be great. I am also looking to learn some VBA. Any websites or books you recommend for learning VBA for Excel? Thanks, Michael |
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