I currently have cells populated with text and am wanting to split the text
from within the cell into two.

Example:

a1: contains 'SHEFFIELD UNITED:BLADES'
a2: contains 'SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY:OWLS'
I am wanting to split the text for that every thing to the left of ':' is in
on cell and every thing that is to the right of ':' to be in another cell.

Can this be done?

Cheers

Use Text to Columns:

1. select the column
2. pull-down Data Text to Columns then select delimited then select the
colon
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Gary's Student


"TheRook" wrote:

I currently have cells populated with text and am wanting to split the text
from within the cell into two.

Example:

a1: contains 'SHEFFIELD UNITED:BLADES'
a2: contains 'SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY:OWLS'
I am wanting to split the text for that every thing to the left of ':' is in
on cell and every thing that is to the right of ':' to be in another cell.

Can this be done?

Cheers

Hi TheRook,

If you require a VBA solution, try something like:

'=============
Public Sub Tester()
Dim SH As Worksheet
Dim rng As Range
Dim rCell As Range
Dim arr As Variant

Set SH = ActiveSheet

With SH
Set rng = .Range("A1", .Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp))
End With

For Each rCell In rng.Cells
With rCell
arr = Split(.Value, ":")
.Value = arr(0)
.Offset(0, 1) = arr(1)
End With
Next rCell
End Sub
'<<=============


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Regards,
Norman



"TheRook" wrote in message
...
I currently have cells populated with text and am wanting to split the text
from within the cell into two.

Example:

a1: contains 'SHEFFIELD UNITED:BLADES'
a2: contains 'SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY:OWLS'
I am wanting to split the text for that every thing to the left of ':' is
in
on cell and every thing that is to the right of ':' to be in another cell.

Can this be done?

Cheers

See if this can help.
Assume your A1 cell contains: SHEFFIELD UNITED:BLADES

use formula in B1
=LEFT(A1,FIND(":",A1)-1)

use this formula in C1
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1) - FIND(":",A1))