Category: spreadsheets

Split data into multiple Excel worksheets based on column with VBA code

Post author By Rae Allen
Post date 07/07/2016
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I regularly get a block of data with 45 different entries in the first collum, repeated for each time a month appears in column 2. I wanted to split the data based on column value quickly and automatically The following VBA code from extendoffice.com worked well 1. Open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window. […]

Spreadsheet formulas: Prepend by concatenation

Post author By Rae Allen
Post date 29/06/2016
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Have had to delve into some formulas for processing text files so needed someplace to jot them down Prepend the word GET and a space to front of a string by the concatenation method =CONCATENATE(“GET “,B1)

Spreadsheet formulas: Remove characters from the right

Post author By Rae Allen
Post date 26/03/2014
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Have had to delve into some formulas for processing text files so needed someplace to jot them down Remove 11 characters from the right of the string in a cell: =RIGHT(A1, LEN(A1)-11) How does this work? Le’s say you have a number of locations with Australia at the start, e.g. Australia: Brisbane, Australia: Sydney LEN(A1) […]