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If a2 does not begin with "| | |", append contents of a2 to cell a1

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    If a2 does not begin with "| | |", append contents of a2 to cell a1

    Greetings, I am working with a very large spreadsheet (600,000+ rows), and I really only have 2 problems We pulled the data from one system and need to upload into another. I am going to show some example rows with some data omitted. All data exists in Column A (I'll parse it up later):

    Problem1 -
    1 | |700 |061A7350807EC04AE1000000AC167310|20121009014239 |EXTENDED MATERIAL DESCRIPTION |14M |E_GTS_EXPMST|Part info for Justification10/9/2012 | | |
    2 | |700 |0382DC4EBCDE8D38E1000000AC16728A|20120111143750 |WASHER,PROTECTION GP |D6K |SATCHGL |ECCN assigned per P.L. instructions to G.S. 22 Dec 11.
    3 Classification Rationale is on file at Co.X, and is available upon request. Please contact the X Inc. Global Export Compl|iance Program Manage | |

    As I said, all data exists in Column A. Row 1 is fine; row 2 is fine; but row 3 is actually a continuation of row 2, so I want to move its contents from Cell A3 and append it to the end of Cell A2 then delete row 3 - which doesn't seem to be too bad except for problem 2 below.

    Problem 2, further down the same spreadsheet -
    51 | |700 |0960944EEE5BB067E1000000AC16728A|20120323160535 |PANEL-CONTROL |C7.1 |OMANAM |This is a control panel used in an industrial engine.
    52 Based on t|he information found it classifies as a programmable controler as the ones included in heading 8537.
    53 This part was requested in a classification referral. Code approved by L.G. We are still waiting for deisgn control's response to confirm cod|e. |

    In this case, BOTH 52 and 53 are continuing from 51, so I would want to append the contents of A53 to A52, then the new contents of A52 to A51 and delete rows 52 and 53.

    I am not very good with macros, but I think I need one in this case. I would be happy even with multiple macros and/or formulas, and the pipes in my data don't bother me at all as they are easily removable.

    Any help from anybody would earn my undying gratitude!
    Doug

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    Re: If a2 does not begin with "| | |", append contents of a2 to cell a1

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    Re: If a2 does not begin with "| | |", append contents of a2 to cell a1

    That is truly a thing of beauty. Thanks so much!


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    Re: If a2 does not begin with "| | |", append contents of a2 to cell a1

    You're welcome.

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