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    Split text in a column using an entire word and not just a single character

    I have an excel doc with multiple addresses, and some of them are in the form:

    312 Main St. Suite 6
    1234 Victoria St PO Box 231
    12 Amherst Rd Unit 3

    What I want to do is if the addresses contain either Suite, PO Box, or Unit, I want to remove it from the current column and put it into the column next to it. How do I go about doing this in Excel?

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    Re: Split text in a column using an entire word and not just a single character

    and what about the number that follows those?

    But based on your description I'm not sure it can be done without VBA.
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    Re: Split text in a column using an entire word and not just a single character

    Sambo is correct, you would need to use VBA, otherwise it would require two columns of formulas - one to extract the left half of the address, and the other to get the right (Suite/Unit/etc.).

    Also note that any code or formula may need to handle exceptions, e.g. "PO Box" vs. "P.O. Box" or "Suite #" vs. "Ste. #". (Unless your data is perfect, of course.)

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    Re: Split text in a column using an entire word and not just a single character

    Yes, what I want to do is get the numbers that come after it as well. I have to automate uploading contact info from an excel doc into a website, but if the addresses surpass 30 characters, I cannot input them into only 1 line. So in that case I want to split it into 2 lines and figured it would be best to do split it from Suite #, PO Box, and Unit #.

    I do not have much experience with vba... Do you have any advice on how I should begin?

    Thank you for your replies :D

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    Re: Split text in a column using an entire word and not just a single character

    A moderator can move this to the VBA section of the forum. I don't have VBA skills but many on this forum do.

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