How to split by delimiter and transpose cells in Excel?
In this article, I introduce the ways to split a range by specific delimiter and then transpose it in Excel as below screenshot shown. If you are interested in this task, please go to below details.
Split and transpose with Kutools for Excel
Split and transpose with VBA
There is no direct way to split and transpose data by a specific delimiter, but I can introduce a VBA code to help you solve this problem quickly.
1. Press Alt + F11 keys to display Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. Click Insert > Module, and paste below code to the new Module window.
VBA: Split and Transpose
Sub Vertical()
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Dim i As Long, strTxt As String
Dim startP As Range
Dim xRg As Range, yRg As Range
On Error Resume Next
Set xRg = Application.InputBox _
(Prompt:="Range Selection...", _
Title:="Kutools For Excel", Type:=8)
i = 1
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each yRg In xRg
If i = 1 Then
strTxt = yRg.Text
i = 2
Else
strTxt = strTxt & "," & yRg.Text
End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Set startP = Application.InputBox _
(Prompt:="paste range...", _
Title:="Kutools For Excel", Type:=8)
ary = Split(strTxt, ",")
i = 1
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each a In ary
startP(i, 1).Value = a
i = i + 1
Next a
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub3. Press F5 key to run the code, a dialog pops out for you to select a range to split and transpose.
4. Click OK. A dialog pops out to select a location to place the data.
5. Click OK, and the selection has been split and transposed by comma.
Split and transpose with Kutools for Excel
With Kutools for Excel, you can apply its Split Cells firstly to split cells by delimiter, and then apply the Transform Range utility to convert the cells into one column.
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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as below:(Free Download Kutools for Excel Now!)
1. Select the cells you want to split, and click Kutools > Merge & Split > Split Cells. See screenshot:
2. In the Split Cells dialog, check Split to Columns option, then specify the delimiter you want to split based on, click Ok. And select a blank cell to place the result in the second Split Cells dialog. See screenshot:
3. Click OK, then the cells have been split into columns, and then click Kutools > Range > Transform Range. See screenshot:
4. In the Transform Range dialog, check Range to single column, click Ok, and select a cell to place the result. See screenshot:
5. Click OK, now the range has been transposed into one column.
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