I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple values in one cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to it has only one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but also (the fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to the column next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain "Food". A2 should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say "Juice", and C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin

I don't think you can do this with a formula. You would probably need a
fairly involved macro.

You would need to count the number of line breaks in each cell in column A,
add that many rows below each cell, split the string, remove the line
breaks, and copy the column B information into the new rows. Not difficult,
but quite tedious.

--

Vasant

"adin" wrote in message
...
I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple values in one cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to it has only
one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but also (the fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to the column
next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain "Food". A2
should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say "Juice", and C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin

Here's an example of such code


Sub FormatData()
Dim cLastRow As Long
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim cLines As Long
Dim aryItems

cLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = cLastRow To 1 Step -1
aryItems = Split(Cells(i, "A").Value, Chr(10))
cLines = LBound(aryItems) + UBound(aryItems)
If cLines 1 Then
Cells(i + 1, "A").Resize(cLines).EntireRow.Insert
For j = UBound(aryItems) To LBound(aryItems) Step -1
Cells(i + j, "A").Value = aryItems(j)
Cells(i + j, "B").Value = Cells(i, "B").Value
Next j
End If
Next i

End Sub


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
I don't think you can do this with a formula. You would probably need a
fairly involved macro.

You would need to count the number of line breaks in each cell in column
A,
add that many rows below each cell, split the string, remove the line
breaks, and copy the column B information into the new rows. Not
difficult,
but quite tedious.

--

Vasant

"adin" wrote in message
...
I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple values in one
cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to it has only
one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but also (the fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to the column
next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain "Food". A2
should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say "Juice", and
C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin

Nice, Bob! You're a braver man than I am <g.

Regards,

Vasant

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Here's an example of such code


Sub FormatData()
Dim cLastRow As Long
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim cLines As Long
Dim aryItems

cLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = cLastRow To 1 Step -1
aryItems = Split(Cells(i, "A").Value, Chr(10))
cLines = LBound(aryItems) + UBound(aryItems)
If cLines 1 Then
Cells(i + 1, "A").Resize(cLines).EntireRow.Insert
For j = UBound(aryItems) To LBound(aryItems) Step -1
Cells(i + j, "A").Value = aryItems(j)
Cells(i + j, "B").Value = Cells(i, "B").Value
Next j
End If
Next i

End Sub


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
I don't think you can do this with a formula. You would probably need a
fairly involved macro.

You would need to count the number of line breaks in each cell in column
A,
add that many rows below each cell, split the string, remove the line
breaks, and copy the column B information into the new rows. Not
difficult,
but quite tedious.

--

Vasant

"adin" wrote in message
...
I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple values in one
cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to it has
only
one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but also (the
fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to the column
next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain "Food". A2
should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say "Juice",
and
C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin

Hi Vasant,

Split did the hard work, breaking the line up and providing the count :-)

Regards

Bob


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
Nice, Bob! You're a braver man than I am <g.

Regards,

Vasant

"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
Here's an example of such code


Sub FormatData()
Dim cLastRow As Long
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim cLines As Long
Dim aryItems

cLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = cLastRow To 1 Step -1
aryItems = Split(Cells(i, "A").Value, Chr(10))
cLines = LBound(aryItems) + UBound(aryItems)
If cLines 1 Then
Cells(i + 1, "A").Resize(cLines).EntireRow.Insert
For j = UBound(aryItems) To LBound(aryItems) Step -1
Cells(i + j, "A").Value = aryItems(j)
Cells(i + j, "B").Value = Cells(i, "B").Value
Next j
End If
Next i

End Sub


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
I don't think you can do this with a formula. You would probably need
a
fairly involved macro.

You would need to count the number of line breaks in each cell in
column
A,
add that many rows below each cell, split the string, remove the line
breaks, and copy the column B information into the new rows. Not
difficult,
but quite tedious.

--

Vasant

"adin" wrote in message
...
I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple values in
one
cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to it has
only
one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but also (the
fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to the
column
next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain "Food". A2
should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say "Juice",
and
C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin

Bob,

Once again - you are the macro maestro!

If I need to add columns to the sheet, how do I add them in the macro?

Thanks again!



"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Here's an example of such code


Sub FormatData()
Dim cLastRow As Long
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim cLines As Long
Dim aryItems

cLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = cLastRow To 1 Step -1
aryItems = Split(Cells(i, "A").Value, Chr(10))
cLines = LBound(aryItems) + UBound(aryItems)
If cLines 1 Then
Cells(i + 1, "A").Resize(cLines).EntireRow.Insert
For j = UBound(aryItems) To LBound(aryItems) Step -1
Cells(i + j, "A").Value = aryItems(j)
Cells(i + j, "B").Value = Cells(i, "B").Value
Next j
End If
Next i

End Sub


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
I don't think you can do this with a formula. You would probably need a
fairly involved macro.

You would need to count the number of line breaks in each cell in column
A,
add that many rows below each cell, split the string, remove the line
breaks, and copy the column B information into the new rows. Not
difficult,
but quite tedious.

--

Vasant

"adin" wrote in message
...
I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple values in one
cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to it has only
one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but also (the fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to the column
next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain "Food". A2
should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say "Juice", and
C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin

Do you mean that you want to insert some new blank columns? If so, how many,
and in front of which column?

Also, is this related to the previous question, in that it needs to tie in
with that code, or a separate question?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"adin" wrote in message
...
Bob,

Once again - you are the macro maestro!

If I need to add columns to the sheet, how do I add them in the macro?

Thanks again!



"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Here's an example of such code


Sub FormatData()
Dim cLastRow As Long
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim cLines As Long
Dim aryItems

cLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = cLastRow To 1 Step -1
aryItems = Split(Cells(i, "A").Value, Chr(10))
cLines = LBound(aryItems) + UBound(aryItems)
If cLines 1 Then
Cells(i + 1, "A").Resize(cLines).EntireRow.Insert
For j = UBound(aryItems) To LBound(aryItems) Step -1
Cells(i + j, "A").Value = aryItems(j)
Cells(i + j, "B").Value = Cells(i, "B").Value
Next j
End If
Next i

End Sub


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
I don't think you can do this with a formula. You would probably need
a
fairly involved macro.

You would need to count the number of line breaks in each cell in
column
A,
add that many rows below each cell, split the string, remove the line
breaks, and copy the column B information into the new rows. Not
difficult,
but quite tedious.

--

Vasant

"adin" wrote in message
...
I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple values in
one
cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to it has
only
one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but also (the
fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to the
column
next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain "Food". A2
should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say "Juice",
and
C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin

Bob,

No blank columns - just more.

In this case, you've got 4 or 5 total columns, and only one of them has the
carriage returns - the rest are fine, but you want them all lined up together
with the carriage return breaks that your macro creates.

Adin

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Do you mean that you want to insert some new blank columns? If so, how many,
and in front of which column?

Also, is this related to the previous question, in that it needs to tie in
with that code, or a separate question?

--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"adin" wrote in message
...
Bob,

Once again - you are the macro maestro!

If I need to add columns to the sheet, how do I add them in the macro?

Thanks again!



"Bob Phillips" wrote:

Here's an example of such code


Sub FormatData()
Dim cLastRow As Long
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim cLines As Long
Dim aryItems

cLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = cLastRow To 1 Step -1
aryItems = Split(Cells(i, "A").Value, Chr(10))
cLines = LBound(aryItems) + UBound(aryItems)
If cLines 1 Then
Cells(i + 1, "A").Resize(cLines).EntireRow.Insert
For j = UBound(aryItems) To LBound(aryItems) Step -1
Cells(i + j, "A").Value = aryItems(j)
Cells(i + j, "B").Value = Cells(i, "B").Value
Next j
End If
Next i

End Sub


--

HTH

RP
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)


"Vasant Nanavati" <vasantn *AT* aol *DOT* com wrote in message
...
I don't think you can do this with a formula. You would probably need
a
fairly involved macro.

You would need to count the number of line breaks in each cell in
column
A,
add that many rows below each cell, split the string, remove the line
breaks, and copy the column B information into the new rows. Not
difficult,
but quite tedious.

--

Vasant

"adin" wrote in message
...
I've got a sheet with 2 columns - column A has multiple values in
one
cell
that are separated by carriage returns, and column B next to it has
only
one
value per cell.

I'd like to not only strip out these carriage returns, but also (the
fun
part) add rows for each value and maintain the reference to the
column
next
to it.

Example:

A1 looks like this:

Milk
Eggs
Juice

B1 looks like this:

Food

I'd like A1 to contain the value "Milk" and B1 to contain "Food". A2
should
contain "Eggs" and B2 should contain "Food". C1 should say "Juice",
and
C2
should say "Food". You get the idea.

Thanks,

Adin