In Excel, combine every N rows into a new row
In column F, every four rows correspond to one record:
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
|
1 |
Name |
Address |
City |
Short ID |
Company 1 |
|
2 |
2222 al street |
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3 |
Blue cheese |
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4 |
1 |
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5 |
Company 2 |
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6 |
1111 arm rd |
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7 |
Ranch |
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8 |
2 |
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9 |
Company 3 |
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10 |
3333 raindrop drive |
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11 |
Peanut |
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12 |
3 |
We need to re-arrange column F to make a standard table by entering each record to cells A~D row by row:
A |
B |
C |
D |
E |
F |
|
1 |
Name |
Address |
City |
Short ID |
Company 1 |
|
2 |
Company 1 |
2222 al street |
Blue cheese |
1 |
2222 al street |
|
3 |
Company 2 |
1111 arm rd |
Ranch |
2 |
Blue cheese |
|
4 |
Company 3 |
3333 raindrop drive |
Peanut |
3 |
1 |
|
5 |
Company 2 |
|||||
6 |
1111 arm rd |
|||||
7 |
Ranch |
|||||
8 |
2 |
|||||
9 |
Company 3 |
|||||
10 |
3333 raindrop drive |
|||||
11 |
Peanut |
|||||
12 |
3 |
Use SPL XLL to enter the formula below:
=spl("=?.(~(1)).group((#-1)\4)",F1:F12)
~(1) represents getting the first sub-member of the current member. The group()function performs grouping operation by putting members having same (#-1)\4 to the same group; # represents ordinal number of a member, and symbol \ means a rounded division.
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