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    Moving characters in between {} into multiple columns

    Hello!

    i was wondering if there was a way to have characters between curly brackets (i.e. {}) pulled into multiple columns.

    For example, if i have the text: "{We were playing with the lobsters}, {the airplanes}, and {he would teach me how} {to play with them}" in column B, is there a way to pull the first set of {} (i.e., We were playing with the lobsters) into Column C, the next set (i.e., the airplanes) into Column D and so on.

    thanks!

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    Re: Moving characters in between {} into multiple columns

    Try this -

    Data >> Text To Columns >> Delimited >> Other >> {

    See if it works.

    Then Find all { & } & Replace with ""

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    Re: Moving characters in between {} into multiple columns

    In C1 type

    =MID($B1,FIND("{",$B1)+1, FIND("}",$B1)-FIND("{",$B1)-1)

    In D1 type

    =MID($B1,FIND("{",$B1,FIND(C1,$B1))+1, FIND("}",$B1,FIND(C1,$B1)+ LEN(C1)+1)-FIND("{",$B1,FIND(C1,$B1))-1)

    and drag D1 across to adjacent columns
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    Re: Moving characters in between {} into multiple columns

    thanks mrice!

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    Re: Moving characters in between {} into multiple columns

    Another way
    In C2, drag across as required, until blanks are returned
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