Sarah K
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How do I condense, combine and condense info that is in one cell?
So I have a column that is the ID and then I have an address column that has all of the addresses listed in it. It is separated in the cell by a line break. Some of the addresses are basically the same minus a state or zip code. How do I condense it into one? I appreciate your response! You are making my work life alot better!
So I attached a dummy file- you can see that column D is the address field and that multiple are listed. How do I condense or combine the ones that are basically the same? Any help would be the best!!!
example-of-address-thing.xlsx
So I attached a dummy file- you can see that column D is the address field and that multiple are listed. How do I condense or combine the ones that are basically the same? Any help would be the best!!!
example-of-address-thing.xlsx
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So I separated the data using the excel text to column... Now what? Also the one cell that is now separated was tied to an ID too... I don't know if that is relevant at this point.
If you can't share the entire spreadsheet, then can you show me what the answer you want for the original example provided?
ASKER
So I wrote what I am trying to do in column E and so I hope it makes sense! Thank you so much!!!
example-of-address-thing.xlsx
example-of-address-thing.xlsx
So, now I am getting what you are doing. Try this solution posted by another EE expert:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28642390/I-HAVE-AN-EXCEL-FILE-WHERE-ALL-OF-THE-DATA-IS-IN-1-ROW-HOW-DO-I-CHANGE-IT.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28642390/I-HAVE-AN-EXCEL-FILE-WHERE-ALL-OF-THE-DATA-IS-IN-1-ROW-HOW-DO-I-CHANGE-IT.html
ASKER
I don't understand this option... Is there a way to create a formula to do it?
Make a copy of your tab that has the data you want to parse. Use the "Substitute" function in the solution on the first cell that has multiple rows (in the cell) and copy down to the end of your data. Once the ";" has been substituted for the line break that is in the cell, then you can follow his/her solution to parse the data using Text to Columns, then follow the rest of the solution (paste special....). You should begin to see how the data will come together. There may be some manual work on your part to get to the final result, but it should be minimal. Use your imagination.
Please see the attached spreadsheet for moving your question down the road, but not finishing. My suggestion is you repost the question after completing the steps in the spreadsheet so as to simplify what might be a final answer.
example-of-address-thing.xlsx
example-of-address-thing.xlsx
Hi Sarah - Here is another expert solution. Think this very close to what you need after getting the data into multiple rows using the above solution.
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28702175/Combining-Excel-Rows-Into-One-Row.html
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28702175/Combining-Excel-Rows-Into-One-Row.html
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Since you only provided a small amount of data, it is kind of hard to project this solution across all the data.