ExcelBanter - Consolidate Rows

Assuming you have a header row, so your data starts on row 2, put this
formula in D2:

=IF(A2="","",C2&IF(A3=""," "&C3,"")&IF(COUNTIF(A3:A4,"")=2," "&C4,"")
&IF(COUNTIF(A3:A5,"")=3," "&C5,"")&IF(COUNTIF(A3:A6,"")=4," "&C6,"")&IF
(COUNTIF(A3:A7,"")=5," "&C7,"")&IF(COUNTIF(A3:A8,"")=6," "&C8,""))

and then copy it down as far as you need to. It will bring your
description lines together in one cell on the same row as the date and
amount, and will cope with up to 7 description cells for any
particular record (your example shows 5).

You can then highlight column D, click <copy then Edit | Paste
Special | Values (check) | OK then <Enter in order to fix the values.
Then as you have these in date order, you can highlight all the data
in these 4 columns and sort by column A. This will send your rows with
no dates in to the bottom, from which it is quite easy to delete them,
giving you what you want.

Hope this helps.

Pete

On Feb 4, 10:46*pm, Eric wrote:
The data below is an example of a much larger database. *I am trying to find
a way to bring all lines of the description onto the same row as the date and
amount. *The problem I'm havinng is that the space between Date/Amt are of
varying lengths.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Date * *Amt * * Desc
7/25 * *200,000 * *FUNDS TRANSFER *(ADVICE 2008072500018226)
* * * * * * * * SENT TO *JPMORGAN CHASE */
* * * * * * * * BNF=DREIER LLP OPERATING
* * * * * * * * OBI=
* * * * * * * * RFB=080725400069 07/25/08 *09:53AM ET
7/28 * *3,000 * AUTOMATED DEBIT *NEOPOST POSTAGE
* * * * * * * * CO. ID. 1942388882 080728 PPD
* * * * * * * * MISC 46872331
7/29 * *5,000 * TRNSFR 2000030910634 07/29
* * * * * * * * ONLINE TRNSFR CONFIRMATION # VY114369378