Hi - and thanks for reading this!
I have a csv which I need to run a few format routines on to enable me
to use it. The first column contains data that is wrapped into 4 lines
- using carriage returns (?). I need to extract just the third line of
text. I'm guessing that there is a way of determining where the end of
each line is - but I don't know how!
Thanks!

Hi

The carriage returns will be represented by Char(10)
Substituting the third one with a circumflex "^" and then finding that, will
allow the extraction of the 4th line.

=MID(A1,FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(10),"^",3))+1, 255)

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Regards
Roger Govier

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Hi - and thanks for reading this!
I have a csv which I need to run a few format routines on to enable me
to use it. The first column contains data that is wrapped into 4 lines
- using carriage returns (?). I need to extract just the third line of
text. I'm guessing that there is a way of determining where the end of
each line is - but I don't know how!
Thanks!

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On Oct 21, 6:48*pm, "Roger Govier"
<roger@technology4unospamdotcodotuk wrote:
Hi

The carriage returns will be represented by Char(10)
Substituting the third one with a circumflex "^" and then finding that, will
allow the extraction of the 4th line.

=MID(A1,FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,CHAR(10),"^",3))+1, 255)

--
Regards
Roger Govier

"maccboy" wrote in message

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Hi - and thanks for reading this!
I have a csv which I need to run a few format routines on to enable me
to use it. The first column contains data that is wrapped into 4 lines
- using carriage returns (?). I need to extract just the third line of
text. I'm guessing that there is a way of determining where the end of
each line is *- but I don't know how!
Thanks!

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signature database 4530 (20091021) __________

The message was checked by ESET Smart Security.

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Thanks Roger!

That has sorted that bit of the problem. I'm now working on extracting
the data after the second ^ and before the third ^ (if there is one!)

Cheers.

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