Excel import txt file carriage return as delimiters
I need to import a text file of data where the delimiter between fields is a
carriage return. -- Gordo T |
I think you have trouble.
What's the delimiter for end of line? Carriage Return & Line feed? I think I'd try to open the file in a text editor program and change that field delimiter to something else. (I like UltraEdit (http://www.ultraedit.com) for this kind of thing.) Gordo T wrote: I need to import a text file of data where the delimiter between fields is a carriage return. -- Gordo T -- Dave Peterson |
If you have less than 65536 items, AND, if the items represented equal numbers of items per row, you could import them into column A, and then spread them across the required number of columns Assuming that there are 5 items per required row: In B1 put =INDIRECT("$a"&((ROW()*5)-4)) In C1 put =INDIRECT("$a"&((ROW()*5)-3)) In D1 put =INDIRECT("$a"&((ROW()*5)-2)) In E1 put =INDIRECT("$a"&((ROW()*5)-1)) In F1 put =INDIRECT("$a"&((ROW()*5))) and formula-copy these cells (B1 to F1) down to about one-fifth of your data items (ie, enough to cover the last line input) Then select columns B through F and Copy, then Paste Special = Values Then delete column A Hope this helps. Gordo T Wrote: I need to import a text file of data where the delimiter between fields is a carriage return. -- Gordo T -- Bryan Hessey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bryan Hessey's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=21059 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=471598 |
Excel import txt file carriage return as delimiters
When getting a pdf file with a list of contacts in vertical fields with a hard return between fields, is there a way to convert the vertical fields into horizontal fields short of cut and paste? -- hozey ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hozey's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=32720 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=471598 |
Excel import txt file with line break as delimiter
Did you ever get a satisfactory answer to this? I have the same question: I
want to import a txt file to an excel spreadsheet. What character can I use to specify that the delimiter is a line break (hard return)? Is it even possible to do this? "Gordo T" wrote: I need to import a text file of data where the delimiter between fields is a carriage return. -- Gordo T |
Excel import txt file with line break as delimiter
I'm by no means an Excel guru, more of a scrappy Excel user. All I did is
copied the cells with hard returns in them into "Notepad" and then copied them back into Excel, then used the text to column feature to get rid of the "quote" marks that Notepad added. No complex code, and no purchase of Ultra Edit, and you can do it in 2 minutes. Sometimes just messing around gets you an answer "tkwriter" wrote: Did you ever get a satisfactory answer to this? I have the same question: I want to import a txt file to an excel spreadsheet. What character can I use to specify that the delimiter is a line break (hard return)? Is it even possible to do this? "Gordo T" wrote: I need to import a text file of data where the delimiter between fields is a carriage return. -- Gordo T |
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