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How to break or split number into individual digits in Excel?

Author: Siluvia Last Modified: 2024-08-23

Supposing you need to break or split number into individual digits as below screenshot shown, what can you do to achieve it? This article will provide two methods for you.

split number into individual digits

Break or split number into individual digits with formula
Break or split number into individual digits with Kutools for Excel


Break or split number into individual digits with formula

This section will show a formula to split selected number cells into individual digits in Excel.

1. Select a blank cell (says cell C1) for locating the first split digit of number in cell A1, then enter formula =MID($A1,COLUMN()-(COLUMN($C1)- 1),1) into the formula bar, and then press the Enter key.

split number into individual digits with formula

Note: In the formula, A1 is the cell with number you need to split to digits, and C1 is the cell for locating the first split digit. Please change them as you need.

2. Keep selecting cell C1, then drag the Fill Handle to the right cells until all digits of cell A1 are split out.

drag the formula right to fill other cells

3. Keep these split digit cells selected, and drag the Fill Handle down to the cells until all numbers are split into separated digits. See screenshot:

drag the formula down to fill other cells


Break or split number into individual digits with Kutools for Excel

The Split Cells utility of Kutools for Excel helps you easily split all selected number cells into individual digits at once. Please do as follows.

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1. Select cells with number you need to split into digits, then click Kutools > Merge & Split > Split Cells. See screenshot:

click Split Cells feature of kutools

2. In the Split Cells dialog box, please select Split to Columns option in the Type section, and in the Specify a separator section, select Specify width and enter number 1 into the textbox. Click the OK button.

set options in the Split Cells dialog box

3. In the next popping up Split Cells dialog box, please specify a blank cell for locating the first split digit, and then click the OK button.

select a cell to put the result

After clicking the OK button, all numbers in selected cells are split into separated digits immediately as below screenshot shown.

get the split result by kutools

  If you want to have a free trial (30-day) of this utility, please click to download it, and then go to apply the operation according above steps.


Break or split number into individual digits with Kutools for Excel

 

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