I have a string separated by commas. Easily with split formula I can have each data in separated cells but all the data are in one single row. I need to transform data from this format:
to this format:
where the value in the column F is associated to only one row. So it means that one and only one block of the original string is longer than the others. Following the above screenshots:
1st block of the string:
fubles.com/matches/2655533,Atletico Saraitu,Edoardo Pallavicini,7.38,6,
7th block of the string:
fubles.com/matches/2655533,Atletico Saraitu,Andrea Cissello,7.55,7,Yes,
Is there anyone that can help me to build the right formula?
Thanks
You can do it in 2 parts - first to separate the different rows - then run split again on the rows after you save the values - use substitute or regexreplace to add in a different delimiter, i prefer to use the semicolon:
=transpose(split(REGEXREPLACE(A1,"fubles",";fubles"),";"))
OR
=transpose(split(SUBSTITUTE(A4,"fubles",";fubles"),";"))
They literally do the exact same thing, but essentially you are adding the semicolon in from of your starting string, then you split by that delimiter, the transpose to stack the rows.
You should then COPY and PASTE VALUES to flatten the data - then run your split by comma on all those rows.
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I'd like to split the data from cell to cell. I have a google sheet and in Column "I" I have technical information about products like this:
So I'd like to split it as shown in the image. What can I do? or Can you give me directions about which function or formule I need to read to solve this kind of question. Thanks a lot for help
From what I can see, you may need two splits: one to split rows in a cell, and the other to split records in two parts (description, value). To do this we can combine these functions:
JOIN to get all values in a column as one chunk;
SPLIT to separate values;
TRANSPOSE to organise splitted rows vertically;
ARRAYFORMULA to apply SPLIT as an array function.
=ARRAYFORMULA(SPLIT(TRANSPOSE(SPLIT(JOIN(CHAR(10), I:I), CHAR(10)))," "))
Notes:
JOIN(CHAR(10),I:I) - concatenate the data in the I column into one data block;
SPLIT(..., CHAR(10)) - split data by Char(10);
TRANSPOSE(...) - arrange splitted rows vertically;
SPLIT(..., " ") - split by spaces, note that there's a parameter remove_empty_text which by default is true, i.e. treat consecutive delimiters as one, what suits your case;
ARRAYFORMULA - make splitting to work as an array-formula.
Example:
My goal is to use ArrayFormula with the SPLIT() function, and name the headers of each column.
My problem is that the formula below only works when the number of headers declared exactly matches the first row's number of elements to split ie. if there are 3 elements being split on the first row, the formula needs 3 headers named (g1, g2, g3), but if any rows have more than 3 elements to split, it gives an error.
Is there a way to make the column header names dynamic in number, so that the number of elements to split can be, say, from 0-10? The elements to be split will always be separated by a comma and no spaces.
=ArrayFormula({"g1", "g2", "g3";if(A2:A="","",split(A2:A,","))})
link to example: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1c2pskSYsGs12Yjbn-5gORQ22mDSaC9cSnp1nWeULlf4/edit?usp=sharing
You can try:
=index(iferror({"g"&sequence(1,max(len(substitute(
transpose(query(transpose(if(iferror(split(A2:A,","))="",,"z")),,9^9)),
" ",))));split(A2:A,",")}))
If we can use the Orders column, it's as simple as:
=index(iferror({"g"&sequence(1,max(B:B));split(A2:A,",")}))
You can achieve it by combining the index function, the sequence function and the max function. Here is the thought process behind it:
The max function (you can read more about it here) will retrieve the maximum value of the orders column.
The sequence function (you can read more about it here) will generate a series starting at 1 and ending at the previous maximum value.
The index function (you can read more about it here) will distribute the elements of the sequence (with a "g" in front) across as many cells as elements are in the sequence.
If you combine those, you get:
=INDEX("g"&SEQUENCE(1,MAX(B:B)))
This is the example sheet.
Alright, in cell V1!A1 is the formula ={"Languages";ARRAYFORMULA(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(B2:F&","),,COLUMNS(B2:F))))}. I need to combine data from B2:F with the delimiter ,. But now I need to delete the unnecessary delimiters.
In sheet V2, I tried ={"Languages";ARRAYFORMULA(REGEXREPLACE(REGEXREPLACE(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(B2:F&","),,COLUMNS(B2:F))),"(^(,(\s,){4})$)|(^(,\s)+)|(,(\s,)?\s?$)",""),"(,\s,)+\s?",", "))} but it's not consistant and still leaves delimiters in the output.
Is there a better way to do this?
I added a sheet called "Erik Help" which replaces your formula with the following:
=ARRAYFORMULA({"Languages";SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(TRANSPOSE(QUERY(TRANSPOSE(B2:F&" "),,COLUMNS(B2:F))))," ",", ")})
Essentially, instead of appending a comma to elements of the range B2:F, I appended a space. Then I applied TRIM to the results, which will leave no spaces before or after each concatenation and only one between each element. To that, I applied a SUBSTITUTE of the single spaces with a comma-space.
I have two different sheets, with two of the same ranges (age). I want to combine these two separate ranges into one on a different sheet. Current formula / function I am using:
={(importrange("https...", "Sheet1!A2:A100"));(importrange(""https...", "Sheet2!A2:A100"))}"))
What am I doing wrong?
I was able to bring in one range at a time with this formula / function:
=IMPORTRANGE("https...", "Sheet1!A2:A100")
=IMPORTRANGE("https...", "Sheet2!A2:A100")
but I need them to be in one column together (the order does not matter, I just need the values to be pulled across).
Try two IMPORTRANGE functions within one formula separated by a semi-colon and wrapped in braces (e.g. { and } that you type yourself)
={IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mYWnO8vzyb5o4jzp-Ti-369nSyQoCfg-WzqaaTb94tE", "Sheet1!A2:A10");IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mYWnO8vzyb5o4jzp-Ti-369nSyQoCfg-WzqaaTb94tE", "Sheet2!A2:A")}
If you do not have a set number of rows in the source sheet1 (e.g. A2:A100), then the retrieved data from sheet2 will start on the 101st row with blanks above it. To get around this, concatenate a dynamic 'last populated' row number onto the range string.
={IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mYWnO8vzyb5o4jzp-Ti-369nSyQoCfg-WzqaaTb94tE", "Sheet1!A2:A"&match(1E+99, IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mYWnO8vzyb5o4jzp-Ti-369nSyQoCfg-WzqaaTb94tE", "Sheet1!A:A")));IMPORTRANGE("https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mYWnO8vzyb5o4jzp-Ti-369nSyQoCfg-WzqaaTb94tE", "Sheet2!A2:A")}
source link
destination link
What am I doing wrong?
You have a couple of double inverted commas too many and unmatched parentheses (also some unnecessary spaces and parentheses). Following should work, with granting authorisation if required.:
={importrange(" k e y 1 ","Sheet1!A2:A100");importrange(" k e y 2 ","Sheet2!A2:A100")}
It might help to compare 'yours' and 'mine' in a word processor and fixed width font.
How do I replace a line in TextPad ' with nothing (ie: delete lines with just that one character)?
I have an Excel Spreadsheet containing three columns:
Column A - single quote
Column B - some number
Column C - single quote plus a comma
There are over 90,000 rows on this spreadsheet with data in column B. There are over one million rows with just a single quote in column A because I did a "Ctrl+D" on that column to copy the value in that column (a single quote) down to all rows.
When I copy and paste these three columns into TextPad, I end up with over one million lines. I replaced the tabs with nothing using the F8/Replace dialog.
(Replace: tab with: empty string)
The majority of what is left are lines that contain only a single quote. I want to delete these 900,000 extra lines.
How do I specify a Replace (delete) of single quote + line feed. I do not want to delete any of the single quotes from the lines that include a number that came from column B.
I just figured it out. The backslash n is the line feed.
If I check Regular Expression and enter this Find what:
'\n
(Keeping empty string for Replace with) and Replace All, I have deleted those extra lines.
I also experienced the same...it did not work for me until I did this:
uncheck the regular expression first before entering \n in the find box and replacing with whatever you chose to (in my case, it was ',').
Your result might be an entire list becoming transposed (that's what happened to my data).