split characters from numbers

[tphillips7278]

Field contains 1990NorcrossRoad
I need 1990Norcross Road

 

[kweaver]

Your "need" appears to only separate 1990Norcross and Road with a blank. That doesn't match your "split characters from numbers" statement.

 

[Aryatect]

Hi tphillips7278,

Can you share more data, so that we can identify any pattern, if at all.

Field contains 1990NorcrossRoad
I need 1990Norcross Road

 

[kweaver]

This "ugly" formula will extract the numbers from any string in A1 (then fill down for others):

=SUMPRODUCT(MID(0&A1, LARGE(INDEX(ISNUMBER(--MID(A1, ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))), 1)) * ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))), 0), ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))))+1, 1) * 10^ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1)))/10)

In your example, it will extract the 1990.

If you have Excel 365, this will do it:

=TEXTJOIN(, 1, TEXT(MID(A8, ROW($A$1:INDEX($A$1:$A$1000, LEN(A8))), 1), "#;-#;0;"))

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Here is a UDF (user defined function) that I think will do what you want...

Function InsertBlanks(ByVal Text As String) As String
  Dim X As Long
  For X = Len(Text) To 2 Step -1
    If Mid(Text, X - 1, 2) Like "[0-9a-z][A-Z]" Then
      Text = Left(Text, X - 1) & " " & Mid(Text, X)
    End If
  Next
  InsertBlanks = Text
End Function

HOW TO INSTALL UDFs
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If you are new to UDFs, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. You can now use InsertBlanks just like it was a built-in Excel function. For example,

=InsertBlanks(A1)

If you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.