Split text and numbers in a text string

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I want split/separate a text string into Text and Numbers

Example: [FONT=&quot]Hafnia Nordica S/B 49.999 59.100 2010 off Amsterdam 25. Sep UKC 25. Sep ums/nap/jet

I want to split numbers and text into different columns.

Please help[/FONT]
 

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So, what exactly do you want your expected result to look like?
How many columns will you be left with?
Note that if you use Text to Columns, and use a space as the delimiter, it will separate each word/number into its own column.
Is that what you are after?
 
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Thanks for coming back to me Joe4.

I have used Text to Columns and the problem is it needs to be more intelligent than that. I have put commas in below to show where i want the column splits/delimiter. There are no comma's in the original so i can't use that as a delimiter. It needs to recognise the end of numbers and the beginning of text, is the only way i can think to solve it (it's not perfect but i think can be good enough). Below is my last example with comma's and below that I have pasted the full original data and below that again is the final result I want (10 Columns).

Example: Hafnia Nordica, S/B, 49.999, 59.100, 2010, off Amsterdam, 25. Sep, UKC, 25. Sep, ums/nap/jet

Full Original Data:
[TABLE="width: 1019"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Vessel Name ICE IMO DWT CBM Built Open DTD Last 3 cargoes [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hafnia Nordica B 49.999 59.100 2010 ARA for orders ex New York 20. Sep UKC 20. Sep ums/nap/jet [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hafnia Lotte B 2/3 49.999 53.448 2017 ARA for orders ex Las Palmas 21. Sep ums/nap/ulsd [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hafnia Sunda 1B 2/3 39.067 42.506 2015 Hamburg 21. Sep ulsd/ulsd/ulsd [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nordic Hanne S/B 2 38.395 43.444 2010 Turkey 18. Sep ulsd/ulsd/jet [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sikinos 1A 3 37.620 41.614 2006 Eleusis 20. Sep fo/fo/fo [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alice S 2/3 39.316 43.871 2013 Gaeta 20. Sep Sternline ulsd/ulsd/ums [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Seameridian B 49.999 56.845 2011 Singapore 18. Sep jet/ulsd/ums [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]MP MR Tanker 1 2/3 51.745 54.250 2011 if Kawasaki 24. Sep Naphtha/go/ums [/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]



How I want it:[TABLE="width: 1208"]
<colgroup><col><col span="6"><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Vessel Name[/TD]
[TD]Status[/TD]
[TD] ICE[/TD]
[TD] IMO[/TD]
[TD] DWT[/TD]
[TD] CBM[/TD]
[TD] Built[/TD]
[TD] Open[/TD]
[TD] DTD[/TD]
[TD] Last 3 cargoes [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hafnia Nordica[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 49.999[/TD]
[TD] 59.100[/TD]
[TD] 2010[/TD]
[TD] ARA for orders ex New York[/TD]
[TD]20. Sep[/TD]
[TD] ums/nap/jet [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hafnia Lotte[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 2/3[/TD]
[TD] 49.999[/TD]
[TD] 53.448[/TD]
[TD] 2017[/TD]
[TD] ARA for orders ex Las Palmas[/TD]
[TD]21. Sep[/TD]
[TD] ums/nap/ulsd [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hafnia Sunda[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 1B[/TD]
[TD] 2/3[/TD]
[TD] 39.067[/TD]
[TD] 42.506[/TD]
[TD] 2015[/TD]
[TD] Hamburg 21. Sep[/TD]
[TD]21. Sep[/TD]
[TD] ulsd/ulsd/ulsd [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Nordic Hanne[/TD]
[TD]S/B[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 2[/TD]
[TD] 38.395[/TD]
[TD] 43.444[/TD]
[TD] 2010[/TD]
[TD] Turkey[/TD]
[TD]18. Sep[/TD]
[TD] ulsd/ulsd/jet [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Sikinos[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 1A[/TD]
[TD] 3[/TD]
[TD] 37.620[/TD]
[TD] 41.614[/TD]
[TD] 2006[/TD]
[TD] Eleusis 20. Sep[/TD]
[TD]20. Sep[/TD]
[TD] fo/fo/fo [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Alice[/TD]
[TD]S[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 2/3[/TD]
[TD] 39.316[/TD]
[TD] 43.871[/TD]
[TD] 2013[/TD]
[TD] Gaeta[/TD]
[TD]20. Sep[/TD]
[TD] ulsd/ulsd/ums[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Seameridian[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 49.999[/TD]
[TD] 56.845[/TD]
[TD] 2011[/TD]
[TD] Singapore[/TD]
[TD]18. Sep[/TD]
[TD] jet/ulsd/ums[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]MP MR Tanker 1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD] 2/3[/TD]
[TD] 51.745[/TD]
[TD] 54.250[/TD]
[TD] 2011[/TD]
[TD] if Kawasaki[/TD]
[TD]24. Sep[/TD]
[TD] Naphtha/go/ums [/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 
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Provided you are happy to use vba I think the results can be at least partially, and possibly fully, achieved.
Depends on the answers to the questions below for a start. There is no logical way from just analysing the text to determine that the two red items do in different columns. So ..
- Is there a list of letters/codes that would only go in the 'Status' columns?
- Is there a list of items that would only go in the 'ICE' column?
- Is there a list of items that would only go in the 'IMO' column?

bear1 said:
Full Original Data:
[TABLE="width: 1019"]
<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hafnia Lotte B 2/3 49.999 53.448 2017 ARA for orders ex Las Palmas 21. Sep ums/nap/ulsd [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Hafnia Sunda 1B 2/3 39.067 42.506 2015 Hamburg 21. Sep ulsd/ulsd/ulsd [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
Click to expand...
 
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Hi Peter, thank you for the reply.

The columns can be limited to only the following:

Status: S, B, S/B
Ice: 1A, 1B
IMO: 2, 2/3, 3

I don’t know anything about vba? Is that marcos? I’m good with formulas but not macros.

Kind regards
 
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bear1 said:
The columns can be limited to only the following:

Status: S, B, S/B
Ice: 1A, 1B
IMO: 2, 2/3, 3
Click to expand...
OK, thanks.

This may be possible with formulas but I think a macro (vba) will be easiest. To implement ..
1. With your workbook active press Alt+F11 to bring up the vba window.
2. In the Visual Basic window use the menu to Insert|Module
3. Copy and Paste the code below into the main right hand pane that opens at step 2.
4. Close the Visual Basic window.
5. Press Alt+F8 to bring up the Macro dialog
6. Select the macro & click ‘Run’
7. Your workbook will need to be saved as a macro-enabled workbook (*.xlsm)

Code: 
Sub Parse_Text()
  Dim RX As Object
  Dim a As Variant
  Dim i As Long
  
  Set RX = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
  RX.Pattern = "(^.+?)( ?)(B|S|S/B)*( ?)(1A|1B)*( ?)(2|2/3|3)*( )(\d+\.\d{3})( )(\d+\.\d{3})( )(\d{4})( )(.*)( )(\d{2}\. [A-Z][a-z]{2})( )(.*$)" '(\d+\. [A-Z][a-z]{3})( )(.+$)"
  a = Range("A2", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)).Value
  For i = 1 To UBound(a)
    a(i, 1) = RX.Replace(a(i, 1), "$1;$3;$5;$7;$9;$11;$13;$15;$17;$19")
  Next i
  With Range("C2").Resize(UBound(a))
    .Value = a
    .TextToColumns DataType:=xlDelimited, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Semicolon:=True, Other:=False, FieldInfo:= _
      Array(Array(1, 1), Array(2, 1), Array(3, 1), Array(4, 2), Array(5, 1), Array(6, 1), Array(7, 1), Array(8, 1), Array(9, 1))
    .Offset(-1).Resize(1, 10).Value = Array("Vessel Name", "Status", "ICE", "IMO", "DWT", "CBM", "Built", "Open", "DTD", "Last 3 cargoes")
    .CurrentRegion.Columns.AutoFit
  End With
End Sub

I assume you have a few typos in either your sample data or the expected results but for my sample data in column A below, the above code produced the results in columns C:L

Excel Workbook
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1Vessel Name ICE IMO DWT CBM Built Open DTD Last 3 cargoesVessel NameStatusICEIMODWTCBMBuiltOpenDTDLast 3 cargoes
2Hafnia Nordica B 49.999 59.100 2010 ARA for orders ex New York 20. Sep UKC 20. Sep ums/nap/jetHafnia NordicaB49.99959.12010ARA for orders ex New York 20. Sep UKC20. Sepums/nap/jet
3Hafnia Lotte B 2/3 49.999 53.448 2017 ARA for orders ex Las Palmas 21. Sep ums/nap/ulsdHafnia LotteB2/349.99953.4482017ARA for orders ex Las Palmas21. Sepums/nap/ulsd
4Hafnia Sunda 1B 2/3 39.067 42.506 2015 Hamburg 21. Sep ulsd/ulsd/ulsdHafnia Sunda1B2/339.06742.5062015Hamburg21. Sepulsd/ulsd/ulsd
5Nordic Hanne S/B 2 38.395 43.444 2010 Turkey 18. Sep ulsd/ulsd/jetNordic HanneS/B238.39543.4442010Turkey18. Sepulsd/ulsd/jet
6Sikinos 1A 3 37.620 41.614 2006 Eleusis 20. Sep fo/fo/foSikinos1A337.6241.6142006Eleusis20. Sepfo/fo/fo
7Alice S 2/3 39.316 43.871 2013 Gaeta 20. Sep Sternline ulsd/ulsd/umsAliceS2/339.31643.8712013Gaeta20. SepSternline ulsd/ulsd/ums
8Seameridian B 49.999 56.845 2011 Singapore 18. Sep jet/ulsd/umsSeameridianB49.99956.8452011Singapore18. Sepjet/ulsd/ums
9MP MR Tanker 1 2/3 51.745 54.250 2011 if Kawasaki 24. Sep Naphtha/go/umsMP MR Tanker 12/351.74554.252011if Kawasaki24. SepNaphtha/go/ums
Sheet3
 
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If your sample data is representative, then I think a formula approach is feasible. You could try each of these, copied down.

Excel Workbook
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1Vessel Name ICE IMO DWT CBM Built Open DTD Last 3 cargoesVessel NameStatusICEIMODWTCBMBuiltOpenDTDLast 3 cargoes
2Hafnia Nordica B 49.999 59.100 2010 ARA for orders ex New York 20. Sep UKC 20. Sep ums/nap/jetHafnia NordicaB  49.99959.12010ARA for orders ex New York 20. Sep UKC20. Sepums/nap/jet
3Hafnia Lotte B 2/3 49.999 53.448 2017 ARA for orders ex Las Palmas 21. Sep ums/nap/ulsdHafnia LotteB2/349.99953.4482017ARA for orders ex Las Palmas21. Sepums/nap/ulsd
4Hafnia Sunda 1B 2/3 39.067 42.506 2015 Hamburg 21. Sep ulsd/ulsd/ulsdHafnia Sunda1B2/339.06742.5062015Hamburg21. Sepulsd/ulsd/ulsd
5Nordic Hanne S/B 2 38.395 43.444 2010 Turkey 18. Sep ulsd/ulsd/jetNordic HanneS/B238.39543.4442010Turkey18. Sepulsd/ulsd/jet
6Sikinos 1A 3 37.620 41.614 2006 Eleusis 20. Sep fo/fo/foSikinos1A337.6241.6142006Eleusis20. Sepfo/fo/fo
7Alice S 2/3 39.316 43.871 2013 Gaeta 20. Sep Sternline ulsd/ulsd/umsAliceS2/339.31643.8712013Gaeta 20. Sep Sternline ulsd/ulsd/ums20. Sepulsd/ulsd/ums
8Seameridian B 49.999 56.845 2011 Singapore 18. Sep jet/ulsd/umsSeameridianB49.99956.8452011Singapore18. Sepjet/ulsd/ums
9MP MR Tanker 1 2/3 51.745 54.250 2011 if Kawasaki 24. Sep Naphtha/go/umsMP MR Tanker 12/351.74554.252011if Kawasaki24. SepNaphtha/go/ums
Sheet4


If you do not have the TEXTJOIN function for columns G:I, these could be tried instead:
G2: =MID(SUBSTITUTE(REPLACE(A2,1,LEN(TRIM(C2&" "&D2&" "&E2&" "&F2))+1,"")," ",REPT(" ",50)),1,50)+0
H2: =MID(SUBSTITUTE(REPLACE(A2,1,LEN(TRIM(C2&" "&D2&" "&E2&" "&F2))+1,"")," ",REPT(" ",50)),50,50)+0
I2: =MID(SUBSTITUTE(REPLACE(A2,1,LEN(TRIM(C2&" "&D2&" "&E2&" "&F2))+1,"")," ",REPT(" ",50)),100,50)+0
 
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Hi Peter,

Thank you, i tired the Macro approach but got the following error when i run it:

Run-time error '429':

ActiveX component can't create object

I clicked Debug and it highlighted this line (Red text below)

Sub Parse_Text()
Dim RX As Object
Dim a As Variant
Dim i As Long

Set RX = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
RX.Pattern = "(^.+?)( ?)(B|S|S/B)*( ?)(1A|1B)*( ?)(2|2/3|3)*( )(\d+\.\d{3})( )(\d+\.\d{3})( )(\d{4})( )(.*)( )(\d{2}\. [A-Z][a-z]{2})( )(.*$)" '(\d+\. [A-Z][a-z]{3})( )(.+$)"
a = Range("A2", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)).Value
For i = 1 To UBound(a)
a(i, 1) = RX.Replace(a(i, 1), "$1;$3;$5;$7;$9;$11;$13;$15;$17;$19")
Next i
With Range("C2").Resize(UBound(a))
.Value = a
.TextToColumns DataType:=xlDelimited, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Semicolon:=True, Other:=False, FieldInfo:= _
Array(Array(1, 1), Array(2, 1), Array(3, 1), Array(4, 2), Array(5, 1), Array(6, 1), Array(7, 1), Array(8, 1), Array(9, 1))
.Offset(-1).Resize(1, 10).Value = Array("Vessel Name", "Status", "ICE", "IMO", "DWT", "CBM", "Built", "Open", "DTD", "Last 3 cargoes")
.CurrentRegion.Columns.AutoFit
End With
End Sub
 
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What version of Excel are you using & what operating system?
 
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