Relative Macro Help on Keystrokes

[Guest]

I need a work around to the following situation.
I'm editing a lot of cells to split the data into two cells and there is a
pattern, but Excel is picking up 'keystrokes' I don't want. aaaa is always a
4 digit number, and bbbb is various text.
Before:
cell 1 cell 2
aaaa bbbb

Desired After:
cell 1 cell 2
aaaa bbbb

I recorded a relative macro, and I get the desired result the first time,
BUT, not the second.
Example:
Before:
cell 1 cell 2
aaaa bbbb

Desired After:
cell 1 cell 2
aaaa bbbb this one works.

next set of two cells, before:
cell 1 cell 2
cccc dddd

After Actual when macro is run:
cell 1 cell 2
aaaa bbbb

even tho' the macro is relative, Excel is obviously remembering the value's
aaaa and bbbb on subsequent cells; this I do NOT want.

Help? Thanks.

 

[Dave Peterson]

Try recording a macro when you select the range, and do data|Text to columns.

You can specify that the column is delimited by space.

If you have trouble generalizing your code, post back with what you have.

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Neal,

Excel's macro language is not a keystroke language. The macro recorder will
record whatever data you leave the cell with -- it doesn't care how you did
it.

For your situation, if you want it split in half, you could put a formula in
col's B anc C:
=LEFT(A2, 4) =RIGHT(A2, 4)

To convert the formulas to actual data, copy columns B and C, then do Paste
Special - Values (right over them). now you don't need the original stuff
in Column A any more.

If you splilt the data on something other than 4 characters, tell us what
the criteria is, and we'll go from there.

 

[Earl Kiosterud]

Neal,

I just noticed that there's a space between aaaa and bbbb. I'll submit the
following formulas instead:

=LEFT(A2, SEARCH(" ", A2)-1)
=RIGHT(A2, LEN(A2)-SEARCH(" ",A2))

 

[Guest]

thanks. give me a day or two to try this out.
Neal

 

[Guest]

Oh yes, one more thing, the original cell contents from left to right are:
a 4 digit number,
a blank,
an alphanumeric character string varying from all blanks to a string of 20
characters.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. give me a day or two to try it out.
Neal

 

[Dave Peterson]

If it's always that format and you can use a couple of formulas:

=left(a1,4)
(4 leftmost characters)

=mid(a1,6,255)
(starts at character #6 and goes far enough to the right to get past your 20
character limit.)

Oh yes, one more thing, the original cell contents from left to right are:
a 4 digit number,
a blank,
an alphanumeric character string varying from all blanks to a string of 20
characters.

 

[Guest]

functions worked nicely. thanks.
Neal

If it's always that format and you can use a couple of formulas:

=left(a1,4)
(4 leftmost characters)

=mid(a1,6,255)
(starts at character #6 and goes far enough to the right to get past your 20
character limit.)

 

[Guest]

Functions worked nicely, thanks so much.
Neal

Neal,

I just noticed that there's a space between aaaa and bbbb. I'll submit the
following formulas instead:

=LEFT(A2, SEARCH(" ", A2)-1)
=RIGHT(A2, LEN(A2)-SEARCH(" ",A2))