Insert a line break (CHAR(10)) after every 42 characters

Hi All,

I need a formula to insert a line break after every 42 characters in a cell , example if there is 266 characters in a cell there should be 6(266/42)line breaks.

=REPLACE(REPLACE(A1,42,0,CHAR(10)),84,0,CHAR(10))

I tried this but i am not sure how to get the start num to change to 126,168 and so on

Any help is highly appreciated

Thanks

Hi,

Maybe this UDF will suffice and be simpler than a formula

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Not too elegant but seems to work:


=MID(A1,1,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,42,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,84,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,126,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,168,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,210,42)&CHAR(10)

Originally Posted by István Hirsch

Not too elegant but seems to work:


=MID(A1,1,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,42,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,84,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,126,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,168,42)&CHAR(10)&MID(A1,210,42)&CHAR(10)

Hi,

That will of course work for up to 6 lines but the OP doesn't say whether the string varies in length. I took the reference to 'and so on' to mean 266 was just one example and there might be others of longer (or indeed shorter) lengths.
Maybe the OP will comment.