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user ThatSQLGuy said:(http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/docs/spreadsheets/nOThkmn8-04)
Parsing table data from within 1 cell (Similar to Excel's Text to Columns data conversion)
I have created a form whereby users will submit data for two fields. Field 1 is there name, Field 2 is a "table of data". This part works fine and the data loads on to Sheet1 associated with the form.
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following is a solution to the problem
user ThatSQLGuy said:(http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!category-topic/docs/spreadsheets/nOThkmn8-04)
Parsing table data from within 1 cell (Similar to Excel's Text to Columns data conversion)
I have created a form whereby users will submit data for two fields. Field 1 is there name, Field 2 is a "table of data". This part works fine and the data loads on to Sheet1 associated with the form.
Now I would like to add a second sheet to convert the "table of data" into a standalone sheet where the first column is the Field 1 data from Sheet1 and the remaining columns are the columns in the table of data that are contained in field 2.
Example:
Assuming resulting form data looks as follows:
Field 1 Field 2
ThatSQLGuy "Home Address" "123 Main St" "Seattle" "WA" "98188"
ThatSQLGuy "Work Address" "123 abc avenue" "Bellevue" "WA" "98004"
I would expect the data conversion page to show the following
Field 1 Field 2 Field 3 Field 4 Field 5 Field 6
ThatSQLGuy Home Address 123 Main St Seattle WA 98188
ThatSQLGuy Work Address 123 abc avenue Bellevue WA 98004
Now Ideally I would like the form to do this automatically if the address data was just pasted into the paragraph field on the form, but I can settle for a data conversion on a separate sheet as a work around.
I thought maybe ImportRange might work but I cannot seem to figure out how this function for this purpose.
Any help would be appreciated.
ThatSQLGuy
following is a solution to the problem
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