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TEXTSPLIT

TextMicrosoft 365

Split text into a spilled array by a column and/or row delimiter.

Syntax

TEXTSPLIT(text, col_delimiter, [row_delimiter], [ignore_empty], [match_mode], [pad_with])

Arguments

text
The string to split.
col_delimiter
Delimiter that splits into columns, e.g. ",".
row_delimiteroptional
Delimiter that splits into rows, e.g. a line break.
ignore_emptyoptional
TRUE collapses consecutive delimiters.
pad_withoptional
Value for missing cells in a ragged split.

Examples

=TEXTSPLIT("a,b,c", ",")

a | b | c (spills across 3 cells)

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