Separate state code from column containing full addresses...form

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Mon 22 Sep 2014, 11:23 Delegate Nabilah said...

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Separate state code from column containing full addresses...form

Hi,

I have a spreadsheet with a column of addresses in it. The addresses are not separated out by fields, e.g. street name, state, zipcode

Is there a way to organise the addresses by the two letter state code? Or to separate this information out into a new column so I can arrange myself?

Thanks so much!

Mon 22 Sep 2014, 11:45 Trainer Jens said...

RE: Separate state code from column containing full addresses...

Hi Nabilah,

Thank you for the forum question.

You have different options. If you select the column with the addresses and then click the DATA tap and TEXT TO COLUMNS in the DATA TOOLS group you may be able to do what you want or you have to use text functions to extract the text you want. You can use LEFT, RIGHT, MID, FIND, SEARCH and LEN functions.

If you send me an example (how exactly is the address typed in a cell), I can tell you the best way of doing it.

You can see how to use the functions by click the link below.

http://www.exceldigest.com/myblog/2009/02/01/how-to-extract-text-from-another-text-string/

Kind regards

Jens Bonde
Microsoft Office Specialist Trainer

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