Sorting data into headed columns

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I've exported data from another program and done text to columns, now i just need the data to be in the correct headed columns. I've thought about using match/index as the data isn't in a consistent order, but i'm getting nowhere fast. I'd like a separate sheet with the column headings the same as the entries, ie. BYODC, LFD, VIS, WCH, etc. and the room code (left-most column shown below) as the row labels.

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 1229"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]ARK109[/TD]
[TD]1 x BYODC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LFD[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VIS[/TD]
[TD] 1 x WCH[/TD]
[TD] 1 x PC[/TD]
[TD] 2 x WGB[/TD]
[TD] 1 x DVD[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LEC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x SYM[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ARK110[/TD]
[TD]1 x BYODC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LFD[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VIS[/TD]
[TD] 1 x WCH[/TD]
[TD] 1 x PC[/TD]
[TD] 2 x WGB[/TD]
[TD] 1 x DVD[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LEC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x SYM[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ARK111AREA1[/TD]
[TD]1 x BYODV[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VIS[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VRRM[/TD]
[TD] 1 x WCH[/TD]
[TD] 1 x PC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x DP[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VRARM[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VRFM[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LEC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LCF[/TD]
[TD] 1 x SYM[/TD]
[TD] 1 x BYODH[/TD]
[TD] 1 x BYODW[/TD]
[TD] 1 x DVD[/TD]
[TD] 1 x PRJ[/TD]
[TD] 1 x SPKR[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ARK111AREA2[/TD]
[TD]1 x WCH[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ARK112[/TD]
[TD]1 x BYODC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VIS[/TD]
[TD] 1 x NET[/TD]
[TD] 1 x WCH[/TD]
[TD] 1 x BYODW[/TD]
[TD] 1 x PC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x DP[/TD]
[TD] 1 x DVD[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LEC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x SPKR[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ARK115[/TD]
[TD]1 x BYODV[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VIS[/TD]
[TD] 1 x NET[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VRRM[/TD]
[TD] 1 x WCH[/TD]
[TD] 1 x PC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x DP[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VRARM[/TD]
[TD] 1 x VRFM[/TD]
[TD] 1 x DVD[/TD]
[TD] 1 x FIXT[/TD]
[TD] 1 x BLA[/TD]
[TD] 1 x IL[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LCF[/TD]
[TD] 1 x LEC[/TD]
[TD] 1 x SYM[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Thanks very much
 

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[Table="width:, class:head"]
[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]Column1[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]BYODC[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]LFD[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]VIS[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]WCH[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]PC[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]WGB[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]DVD[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]LEC[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]SYM[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]BYODV[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]VRRM[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]DP[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]VRARM[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]VRFM[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]LCF[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]BYODH[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]BYODW[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]PRJ[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]SPKR[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]NET[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]FIXT[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]BLA[/td][td=bgcolor:#70AD47]IL[/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]ARK109[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x BYODC[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x LFD[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x VIS[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x WCH[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x PC[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]2 x WGB[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x DVD[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x LEC[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x SYM[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]ARK110[/td][td]1 x BYODC[/td][td]1 x LFD[/td][td]1 x VIS[/td][td]1 x WCH[/td][td]1 x PC[/td][td]2 x WGB[/td][td]1 x DVD[/td][td]1 x LEC[/td][td]1 x SYM[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]ARK111AREA1[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x VIS[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x WCH[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x PC[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x DVD[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x LEC[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x SYM[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x BYODV[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x VRRM[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x DP[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x VRARM[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x VRFM[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x LCF[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x BYODH[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x BYODW[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x PRJ[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x SPKR[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]ARK111AREA2[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]1 x WCH[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]ARK112[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x BYODC[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x VIS[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x WCH[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x PC[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x DVD[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x LEC[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x DP[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x BYODW[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x SPKR[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA]1 x NET[/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][td=bgcolor:#E2EFDA][/td][/tr]

[tr=bgcolor:#FFFFFF][td]ARK115[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]1 x VIS[/td][td]1 x WCH[/td][td]1 x PC[/td][td][/td][td]1 x DVD[/td][td]1 x LEC[/td][td]1 x SYM[/td][td]1 x BYODV[/td][td]1 x VRRM[/td][td]1 x DP[/td][td]1 x VRARM[/td][td]1 x VRFM[/td][td]1 x LCF[/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td][/td][td]1 x NET[/td][td]1 x FIXT[/td][td]1 x BLA[/td][td]1 x IL[/td][/tr]
[/table]
 
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so use PowerQuery (Get&Transform)

Code: 
[SIZE=1]// Table1
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    Unpivot = Table.UnpivotOtherColumns(Source, {"Column1"}, "Attribute", "Value"),
    TAD = Table.AddColumn(Unpivot, "Text After Delimiter", each Text.AfterDelimiter([Value], "x "), type text),
    ROC = Table.SelectColumns(TAD,{"Column1", "Value", "Text After Delimiter"}),
    Pivot = Table.Pivot(ROC, List.Distinct(ROC[#"Text After Delimiter"]), "Text After Delimiter", "Value")
in
    Pivot[/SIZE]
 
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A couple of other options to consider. I have done these on a single sheet for simplicity here but either method could be adapted to put the results on a second sheet.

Method 1
If you have the column headings (row 9 below) available then you can achieve the results with worksheet formulas.
B10 is copied down.
B11 is an array formula so should be entered without the {} but confirmed with Ctrl+Shift+Enter, not just Enter. If confirmed correctly, Excel will insert the {}. The formula can then be copied across and down.

Excel Workbook
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX
1ARK1091 x BYODC1 x LFD1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC2 x WGB1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM
2ARK1101 x BYODC1 x LFD1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC2 x WGB1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM
3ARK111AREA11 x BYODV1 x VIS1 x VRRM1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DP1 x VRARM1 x VRFM1 x LEC1 x LCF1 x SYM1 x BYODH1 x BYODW1 x DVD1 x PRJ1 x SPKR
4ARK111AREA21 x WCH
5ARK1121 x BYODC1 x VIS1 x NET1 x WCH1 x BYODW1 x PC1 x DP1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SPKR
6ARK1151 x BYODV1 x VIS1 x NET1 x VRRM1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DP1 x VRARM1 x VRFM1 x DVD1 x FIXT1 x BLA1 x IL1 x LCF1 x LEC1 x SYM
7
8
9BYODCLFDVISWCHPCWGBDVDLECSYMBYODVVRRMDPVRARMVRFMLCFBYODHBYODWPRJSPKRNETFIXTBLAIL
10ARK1091 x BYODC1 x LFD1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC2 x WGB1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM
11ARK1101 x BYODC1 x LFD1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC2 x WGB1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM
12ARK111AREA11 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM1 x BYODV1 x VRRM1 x DP1 x VRARM1 x VRFM1 x LCF1 x BYODH1 x BYODW1 x PRJ1 x SPKR
13ARK111AREA21 x WCH
14ARK1121 x BYODC1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x DP1 x BYODW1 x SPKR1 x NET
15ARK1151 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM1 x BYODV1 x VRRM1 x DP1 x VRARM1 x VRFM1 x LCF1 x NET1 x FIXT1 x BLA1 x IL
Arrange



Method 2
You could try this macro. Results of the macro are in rows 18:24 below.

Code: 
Sub ArrangeInColumns()
  Dim d As Object
  Dim a As Variant, b As Variant
  Dim r As Long, c As Long, uba2 As Long
  Dim s As String
  
  a = Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Value
  uba2 = UBound(a, 2)
  Set d = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
  d(1) = Empty
  ReDim b(1 To UBound(a, 1) + 1, 1 To uba2)
  For r = 1 To UBound(a)
    b(r + 1, 1) = a(r, 1)
    For c = 2 To uba2
      If IsEmpty(a(r, c)) Then Exit For
      s = Split(a(r, c), " x ")(1)
      If Not d.exists(s) Then
        d(s) = d.Count + 1
        If d.Count > UBound(b, 2) Then ReDim Preserve b(1 To UBound(b), 1 To UBound(b, 2) + 1)
        b(1, d(s)) = s
      End If
      b(r + 1, d(s)) = a(r, c)
    Next c
  Next r
  Range("A18").Resize(UBound(b, 1), UBound(b, 2)).Value = b
End Sub

Excel Workbook
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWX
1ARK1091 x BYODC1 x LFD1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC2 x WGB1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM
2ARK1101 x BYODC1 x LFD1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC2 x WGB1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM
3ARK111AREA11 x BYODV1 x VIS1 x VRRM1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DP1 x VRARM1 x VRFM1 x LEC1 x LCF1 x SYM1 x BYODH1 x BYODW1 x DVD1 x PRJ1 x SPKR
4ARK111AREA21 x WCH
5ARK1121 x BYODC1 x VIS1 x NET1 x WCH1 x BYODW1 x PC1 x DP1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SPKR
6ARK1151 x BYODV1 x VIS1 x NET1 x VRRM1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DP1 x VRARM1 x VRFM1 x DVD1 x FIXT1 x BLA1 x IL1 x LCF1 x LEC1 x SYM
7
17
18BYODCLFDVISWCHPCWGBDVDLECSYMBYODVVRRMDPVRARMVRFMLCFBYODHBYODWPRJSPKRNETFIXTBLAIL
19ARK1091 x BYODC1 x LFD1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC2 x WGB1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM
20ARK1101 x BYODC1 x LFD1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC2 x WGB1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM
21ARK111AREA11 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM1 x BYODV1 x VRRM1 x DP1 x VRARM1 x VRFM1 x LCF1 x BYODH1 x BYODW1 x PRJ1 x SPKR
22ARK111AREA21 x WCH
23ARK1121 x BYODC1 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x DP1 x BYODW1 x SPKR1 x NET
24ARK1151 x VIS1 x WCH1 x PC1 x DVD1 x LEC1 x SYM1 x BYODV1 x VRRM1 x DP1 x VRARM1 x VRFM1 x LCF1 x NET1 x FIXT1 x BLA1 x IL
Arrange
 
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