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see the steps in the screenshot &nbsp;. start selecting your data and then go to Data tab and select Text to Column<br />
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&nbsp;<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/04_w16/908760/1.PNG" target="_blank" title="1.PNG (144 KB)"><img alt="1.PNG" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/04_w16/800_908760/1.PNG" /></a> then &nbsp;un-tick all and tick mark Space and then click next and finish<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/04_w16/908761/2.PNG" target="_blank" title="2.PNG (152 KB)"><img alt="2.PNG" class="file-block lazyload" style="max-width: 800px;" data-src="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/04_w16/800_908761/2.PNG" /></a>
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see the steps in the screenshot  . start selecting your data and then go to Data tab and select Text to Column

 1.PNGhttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/04_w16/908760/1.PNG then  un-tick all and tick mark Space and then click next and finish
2.PNGhttps://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/04_w16/908761/2.PNG

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and if you want to do it with formula then see attached example.<br />
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this formula is bulletproof :-) &nbsp;it will eliminate the risk of number or text being in different sequence in a string<br />
<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/04_w16/908766/EE.xlsx" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="EE.xlsx (12 KB)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>EE.xlsx</a>
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and if you want to do it with formula then see attached example.

this formula is bulletproof :-)  it will eliminate the risk of number or text being in different sequence in a string
EE.xlsx [https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2015/04_w16/908766/EE.xlsx]

EE.xlsx

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Love it! Thank you so much!!
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Hello!<br />
<br />
Column A is populated with codes that have a certain format. I need to split this format into two columns.<br />
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A code looks as following:<br />
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5, 6, or a 7 digit number and then a description. So I need to have these digit numbers in column B and a description in column C.<br />
&nbsp;(example 84100 PHOSPHORUS)<br />
<br />
Please advise!<br />
<br />
Thanks!
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Hello!

Column A is populated with codes that have a certain format. I need to split this format into two columns.

A code looks as following:

5, 6, or a 7 digit number and then a description. So I need to have these digit numbers in column B and a description in column C.
 (example 84100 PHOSPHORUS)

Please advise!

Thanks!

Split text and value among columns by using functions

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