In Excel, split the first and last word, or divide them by a delimiter or by the amount of characters
Split first and last names, or values separated by a delimiter you provide, such as (- or, or /, etc.,,), or even split by character count. On large worksheets, Dose for Excel‘s Split function may simply split cell values with one click.
- Click DOSE » Text » Split
- Split first and last words
- Check the “First and last words” option when splitting a range of cells.
- Then select “Split” from the drop-down menu. The result will be as seen in the screenshot below.
- Split column by delimiter
- Check the “Split column by delimiter” option after selecting a range of cells to split.
- Choose a delimiter from the drop-down menu (comma, colon, semicolon, etc.) or choose “Custom” and type in the delimiter in the text box, for example (- or, or /, etc.)
- Choose where you want to split (“Left-most-delimiter”, “Right-most-delimiter”, “Each occurrence of the delimiter”)
- Then select “Split” from the drop-down menu. The result will be as seen in the screenshot below.
- Split column by number of characters
- Check the “Split column by number of characters” option after selecting the range of cells to split.
- Set the number of characters you’d want to separate.
- Choose where you want to split (“Once, As far left as possible or Once”, “As far right as possible or Repeatedly”).
- We choose “Once, as far left as feasible” and “9” letters in the sample below.
- Then select “Split” from the drop-down menu. The result will be as seen in the screenshot below.
- Demo
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