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Text To Columns Exercise

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1.

Split the following column to columns:

Name~Age~Favorite Color
Dan~33~Yellow
Gil~27~Red
Tom~33~Blue
Sammy~28~Black
Sharon~22~Pink

2. Convert the American Dates to European Dates:

Date
5/20/15
3/15/17
4/16/2016
9/30/2015
5/4/2017

3. Convert the following values from numbers to text:

ID Is it text?
3435 FALSE
3245 FALSE
2346 FALSE
5635 FALSE
1.Split the following column to columns: All rights reservered:
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Name~Age~Favorite Color
Dan~33~Yellow
Gil~27~Red
Tom~33~Blue
Sammy~28~Black
Sharon~22~Pink

Solution:

Name Age Favorite Color


Dan 33 Yellow
Gil 27 Red
Tom 33 Blue
Sammy 28 Black
Sharon 22 Pink

Select the cells you want to split to columns:

Go to Data ribbon and click Text to Columns:

Select Delimited and click "Next":


Type the ~ (Tilde) Delimiter in "Other" and click "Finish"

2. Convert the American Dates to European Dates:

Date
5/20/15
3/15/17
4/16/2016
9/30/2015
5/4/2017
Solution:

Date
5/20/2015
3/15/2017
4/16/2016
9/30/2015
4/5/2017

Select the relevant cells, then click "Text to Columns" and choose "Delimited".
Do not select any delimiter and click "Next"

Select "Date" and choose the current date format - MDY and click "Finish"
3. Convert the following values from numbers to text:

ID Is it text?
3435 FALSE
3245 FALSE
2346 FALSE
5635 FALSE

Solution:

ID Is it text?
3435 TRUE
3245 TRUE
2346 TRUE
5635 TRUE

Select the relevant cells, then click "Text to Columns" and choose "Delimited".
In Step 2, Do not select any delimiter and click "Next"
In Step 3, Choose "Text" in Column data format:

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