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Formula for extracting data from another cell

Last answer on Oct 30, 2009 4:52:28 am GMT JAV, on Sep 30, 2009 6:15:06 pm BST 
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Hello,

I am trying to develop a formula that will extract data from a cell that has data in the below format

'VRG-F-119-Ground Floor _18-Sep-2009_01.56.25--01.57.31_001.nvf'

I am trying to breakout that data in different columns so that it can be put into a pivot table format for analysis.

i.e. date '18-Sep-2009' would be one column breakout, 'VRG-F-119-Ground Floor' would be another breakout.

with the '_'in between all the data I don't know how to get Excel to register the data as separate sections.

If you have any suggestions, thank you for your help

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venkat1926, on Oct 1, 2009 1:56:40 am BST
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Highlight the cell containing the data
click
data(menu bar)-texttocolumns-delimited-next-check "other" and in the window type underscore(_)-click finish.

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 atlas245, on Oct 30, 2009 4:52:28 am GMT

I agree with above also check http://www.extractingdata.com for help
but basically
Highlight the cell
click
data(menu bar)-texttocolumns-delimited-next-check "other" and in the window type underscore(_)-click finish.

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