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Extract cells (based on text contained) into left column (left and up) in front of data

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    Extract cells (based on text contained) into left column (left and up) in front of data

    Hi I have data organised in 1 column in this way:

    acc1
    acc2
    tr1 (summary line)
    acc1
    acc4
    acc5
    acc6
    tr2 (summary line)
    acc2
    acc3
    tr3 (summary line)

    There always is a summary line after group of "acc". However there always is different counts of "acc". The data is downloaded from another application so I can't work with the groups or subtotals. It's raw data.

    And I want to get it shaped into 2 columns like this:

    tr1; acc1
    tr1; acc2
    tr1; tr1 (summary line)
    tr2; acc1
    tr2; acc4
    tr2; acc5
    tr2; acc6
    tr2; tr2 (summary line)
    tr3; acc2
    tr3; acc3
    tr3; tr3 (summary line)

    ...so that the 'summary title' is sitting in the cell left to 'acc' for each 'acc'.

    I would like to avoid filter and copy-paste and fill. I would like to have one easy formula or one easy step.
    Is there some easy step how to do it?
    Thank you.

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    Re: Extract cells (based on text contained) into left column (left and up) in front of dat

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    Re: Extract cells (based on text contained) into left column (left and up) in front of dat

    Base on your sample with data in A1 down

    in B1

    =SUBSTITUTE(INDEX(A1:A11,MATCH("tr*",A1:A11,0))," (summary line)","")

    in C1

    =A1

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    Re: Extract cells (based on text contained) into left column (left and up) in front of dat

    I think in "C1" this : As per John Post file Post #3
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    Re: Extract cells (based on text contained) into left column (left and up) in front of dat

    Similar to others. In A1 this and filled down.

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    A
    B
    1
    tr1;
    acc1
    2
    tr1;
    acc2
    3
    tr1;
    tr1 (summary line)
    4
    tr2;
    acc1
    5
    tr2;
    acc4
    6
    tr2;
    acc5
    7
    tr2;
    acc6
    8
    tr2;
    tr2 (summary line)
    9
    tr3;
    acc2
    10
    tr3;
    acc3
    11
    tr3;
    tr3 (summary line)
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    Re: Extract cells (based on text contained) into left column (left and up) in front of dat

    Thank you for very easy and quick solution! This is exactly what I was looking for. Great. Thank you. P.

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