Data, Text to Columns, has commas in the text, plus as a delimeter
Using XL 2003, I want to import data from another program. I can do so
with the Text to Columns feature, but, the program uses exclamation points and a comma as a delimeter ( !,! ). An example is below: !Visit Arizona, Eat Mexican Food!,!1!,!1.000!,!N!,!50!,!50!,!0!,! 2229!,!547!,!188!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!N! As you can see, commas are sometimes used in the text, plus as a delimeter. How can I handle this? Thanks, Tonso |
Data, Text to Columns, has commas in the text, plus as a delimeter
I would try bringing the data into a single column.
Then select that column and Edit|Replace what: !,! with: ! replace all You may want to try doing the same thing before you import the data--open the text file in NotePad (or your favorite text editor and do the equivalent edit|replace). ps. If the ! shows up in the text, then I'd change it to a unique/unused character (maybe the vertical bar |). Tonso wrote: Using XL 2003, I want to import data from another program. I can do so with the Text to Columns feature, but, the program uses exclamation points and a comma as a delimeter ( !,! ). An example is below: !Visit Arizona, Eat Mexican Food!,!1!,!1.000!,!N!,!50!,!50!,!0!,! 2229!,!547!,!188!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!N! As you can see, commas are sometimes used in the text, plus as a delimeter. How can I handle this? Thanks, Tonso -- Dave Peterson |
Data, Text to Columns, has commas in the text, plus as adelimeter
On May 20, 8:49*am, Dave Peterson wrote:
I would try bringing the data into a single column. Then select that column and Edit|Replace what: *!,! with: *! replace all You may want to try doing the same thing before you import the data--open the text file in NotePad (or your favorite text editor and do the equivalent edit|replace). ps. *If the ! shows up in the text, then I'd change it to a unique/unused character (maybe the vertical bar |). Tonso wrote: Using XL 2003, I want to import data from another program. I can do so with the Text to Columns feature, but, the program uses exclamation points and a comma as a delimeter ( * *!,! * *). An example is below: !Visit Arizona, Eat Mexican Food!,!1!,!1.000!,!N!,!50!,!50!,!0!,! 2229!,!547!,!188!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!0!,!N! As you can see, commas are sometimes used in the text, plus as a delimeter. How can I handle this? Thanks, Tonso -- Dave Peterson Thanks Dave! This works great!! Tonso |
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