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Unmerge cell and split into rows

Hi dear Experts,

I've been searching for a while but could not lay my finger on a ready answer.
In attached sheet data is organized per row, some cells icontain merged data.
In order to work with that data those values should be unmerged and spllit into rows.
The relevant column is B. It has a pendant in column G. Merged data in other cells can be unmerged too if that would simplify things a bit.
I hope the example makes things clear, and also that this is possible.
Thanks.
tobeunmerged.xls

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Watnog

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Thank you very much, this makes my day.

cyberkiwi

This code goes against the Sheet, it is not meant for a module since it works on current sheet only.

Sub unmergeme()
Dim lastRow As Long, extent As Long, r As Range
Dim s As String, parts() As String, i As Integer
lastRow = 0
Set r = Cells.Find(Chr(10), UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell), , xlPart)
While Not r Is Nothing
    If r.Row <> lastRow Then extent = 1: lastRow = r.Row
    parts = Split(r.Value, Chr(10))
    If UBound(parts) + 1 > extent Then
        r.Offset(extent).Resize(UBound(parts) + 1 - extent).EntireRow.Insert
        extent = UBound(parts) + 1
    End If
    For i = 0 To UBound(parts)
        r.Offset(i).Value = parts(i)
    Next
    Set r = Cells.Find(Chr(10), r, , xlPart)
Wend
End Sub

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Watnog

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I pasted the code into into a new module of my personal.xls and it works fine.
It should only work on current sheet in fact.
Excuse me my ignorance, but what makes code suitable for a module (or not)?