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    Hi I have a dataset in text such as:

    Apples have been sold by Ben to Joe for 15£
    Peach have been sold by Patrick to Jessica for 154£
    Lemons have been sold by Mark to Hanna for 1544£

    I was wondering if it would be posible to separete the information in columns such as that:

    In Column A; have What has been sold
    In Column B: Who sold it
    In Coumb C: To whom it was sold
    In columb D: How much was sold

    I've tried to do the Data>Text to Columns and use spaces to break up the columns but it did not work as it grouped the data on the wrong way.


    Any Help is more than welcome thanks!

    Oh and is my first post so Hi to everyone and glad to be part of this forum!

    Cheers!
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    Re: Data Separation

    Attach a sample workbook. Make sure there is just enough data to demonstrate your need. Include a BEFORE sheet and an AFTER sheet in the workbook if needed to show the process you're trying to complete or automate. Make sure your desired results are shown, mock them up manually if necessary.

    Remember to desensitize the data.

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    Cool Re: Data Separation

    or use PowerQuery (Get&Transform)
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    Re: Data Separation

    You can use variants of this formula:

    =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE(" "&$A2," ",REPT(" ",125)),125*COLUMNS($A:A),125))

    see sheet.
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    Re: Data Separation

    Here is a Workbook Sample, so you can get a better idea of what I need, I've also attached the real data I want to break down.


    Again, any help is appreciated!


    And many thanks to all that replied!


    Cheers,
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    Re: Data Separation

    Now we have some realistic data that are FAR more complicated than your original example....

    in B2, copied across and down:

    =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE("¦"&SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($A2,"*es traspasado de*","¦"),"*a*","¦"),"*por*","¦"),"¦",REPT(" ",125)),125*COLUMNS($A:A),125))
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    Re: Data Separation

    Your original data is mixed like example ?
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    Cool Re: Data Separation

    Maybe like this one:
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    Re: Data Separation

    Great! That works wonderfully! Much appreciated!

    Cheers!

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    Re: Data Separation

    ?????
    which one

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    Re: Data Separation

    Thanks, Everyone!

    Here @GlennKennedy solved it for me!

    Thanks for all the help!

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    Re: Data Separation

    You're welcome.



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