Excel-在某些字符之间显示单词

Question

I am trying to split some data up but stuck! I have some data which comes out like the below:

USERNAME Full Name Department

USERNAME First Initial Surname Department

USERNAME Full Name Department

I have tried numerous items such as trim then can pull out words however some peoples full names are 3 words and most of them are 2 words so this kinda breaks it all.

I have also tried substituting the double spaces so it breaks it up like so

##USERNAME#######Full Name######Department###########

##USERNAME###First Initial Surname Department#

##USERNAME###########Full Name#####Department#####

But still unsure how I can pick up the words between the hashes.

Help really appreciated :)

Answer 1

If you have a text file with the raw data, separate the raw data using either of a TAB, a semi-colon, or a comma. Pick something you do not already have in your file. Semi-colon usually works for me.

Then, open it as a CSV (comma-separated values) file in Excel.

It will try to parse the file automatically. If it doesn't succeed, it will ask you what character you want to use as a separator.

Answer 2

You mentioned double spaces seperating your data, that's your ticket in.

Let's say you've got "USERNAME David Brossard DEPT" in Cell A2.

In B2, let's FIND the first double space:

=FIND("  ",A2)

In C2, let's FIND the second double space:

=FIND("  ",A2,B2+1)

In D2, we'll grab everything in between:

=MID(A2,B2+2,C2-(B2+2))

There you go!

Alternatively, you can write it all in one formula, in B2:

=MID(A2,FIND("  ",A2)+2,FIND("  ",A2,FIND("  ",A2)+1)-(FIND("  ",A2)+2))