Hi!

Can anyone help me with a formula for Excel 2003 to split data from 1 column
into 2?

Data Examples:
COUN1234
PS3524
PSY5002

I want to have a formula to split the alpha data from the numeric data. As
you can see, the alpha data is of varying lengths.

Thanks ahead of time for anyone who can assist with this!

-Jen;-)

Jennifer Moulton

Jen wrote:
Hi!

Can anyone help me with a formula for Excel 2003 to split data from 1 column
into 2?

Data Examples:
COUN1234
PS3524
PSY5002

I want to have a formula to split the alpha data from the numeric data. As
you can see, the alpha data is of varying lengths.

Thanks ahead of time for anyone who can assist with this!

-Jen;-)

Jennifer Moulton



The following two array formulas (commit with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER) will work:

=LEFT(A1,MATCH(1,--ISNUMBER(--MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&(LEN(A1)))),1)),0)-1)

=--MID(A1,MATCH(1,--ISNUMBER(--MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&(LEN(A1)))),1)),0),LEN(A1 ))

You will nee to use a couple of CSE functions.

This will give you the text in each cell:
=IF(A1="","",LEFT(A1,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 },A1&"0123456789"))-1))

Enter with Ctrl+Shift+Enter, not just enter.

This will give you the numbers in each cell:
=IF(A1="","",RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9},A1&"0123456789"))+1 ))

Again, enter with Ctrl+Shift+Enter, not just enter,

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"Jen" wrote:

Hi!

Can anyone help me with a formula for Excel 2003 to split data from 1 column
into 2?

Data Examples:
COUN1234
PS3524
PSY5002

I want to have a formula to split the alpha data from the numeric data. As
you can see, the alpha data is of varying lengths.

Thanks ahead of time for anyone who can assist with this!

-Jen;-)

Jennifer Moulton

If you always have 4 trailing numbers.

In C1 enter =RIGHT(A1,4) copy down

In B1 enter =MID(A1,1,LEN(A1)-LEN(C1)) copy down


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:17:17 -0700, Jen
wrote:

Hi!

Can anyone help me with a formula for Excel 2003 to split data from 1 column
into 2?

Data Examples:
COUN1234
PS3524
PSY5002

I want to have a formula to split the alpha data from the numeric data. As
you can see, the alpha data is of varying lengths.

Thanks ahead of time for anyone who can assist with this!

-Jen;-)

Jennifer Moulton

If your first statement is true, then in B1:

=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-4)

Gord Dibben wrote:
If you always have 4 trailing numbers.

In C1 enter =RIGHT(A1,4) copy down

In B1 enter =MID(A1,1,LEN(A1)-LEN(C1)) copy down


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:17:17 -0700, Jen
wrote:

Hi!

Can anyone help me with a formula for Excel 2003 to split data from 1 column
into 2?

Data Examples:
COUN1234
PS3524
PSY5002

I want to have a formula to split the alpha data from the numeric data. As
you can see, the alpha data is of varying lengths.

Thanks ahead of time for anyone who can assist with this!

-Jen;-)

Jennifer Moulton

Good catch.

I tend to make things more convoluted than necessary.


Gord

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:54:46 -0500, Glenn wrote:

If your first statement is true, then in B1:

=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-4)

Gord Dibben wrote:
If you always have 4 trailing numbers.

In C1 enter =RIGHT(A1,4) copy down

In B1 enter =MID(A1,1,LEN(A1)-LEN(C1)) copy down


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP


On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:17:17 -0700, Jen
wrote:

Hi!

Can anyone help me with a formula for Excel 2003 to split data from 1 column
into 2?

Data Examples:
COUN1234
PS3524
PSY5002

I want to have a formula to split the alpha data from the numeric data. As
you can see, the alpha data is of varying lengths.

Thanks ahead of time for anyone who can assist with this!

-Jen;-)

Jennifer Moulton

On Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:17:17 -0700, Jen wrote:

Hi!

Can anyone help me with a formula for Excel 2003 to split data from 1 column
into 2?

Data Examples:
COUN1234
PS3524
PSY5002

I want to have a formula to split the alpha data from the numeric data. As
you can see, the alpha data is of varying lengths.

Thanks ahead of time for anyone who can assist with this!

-Jen;-)

Jennifer Moulton



The location of the first digit in your string is given by the formula:

=MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0},A1&"0,1,2,3,4,5, 6,7,8,9"))

Accordingly, to return the alpha data:

=LEFT(A1,-1+MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0},A1&"0,1,2,3,4,5 ,6,7,8,9")))

and to return the digits:

=MID(A1,MIN(FIND({0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0},A1&"0,1,2 ,3,4,5,6,7,8,9")),99)

Note the 99 at the end. This just needs to be a value larger than the longest
set of digits in your data.
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