Extract text in double quotes including the the double quotes

[yexcelk]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to extract text in double quotes including the double no matter what position they occur in.

for example:

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Original Text	Intended Text
They go with "Jack" to the farm.	"Jack"
"New York" is in "US"	"New York" "US"
I go to "school"	"school"

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</tbody>

Much appreciated.

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Hello everyone,

I am trying to extract text in double quotes including the double no matter what position they occur in.

for example:

<style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--></style>

Original Text

Intended Text

<colgroup><col style="width: 219px"><col width="100"></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>

Intended text where... in a single cells or in multiple columns?

 

[yexcelk]

Intended text where... in a single cells or in multiple columns?

In multiple columns.

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Assuming your data starts in cell A1, put this formula in cell B1 and copy it across for as many columns as you think you will ever have words to put in them, then copy all of those formula down to the bottom of your data (or beyond if you think you might add more rows of data in the future)...

=SUBSTITUTE(""""&TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE($A1,"""",REPT(" ",300)),(2*COLUMNS($B:B)-1)*300,300))&"""","""""","")

Note: This formula assumes the text in any one cell will never be more than 300 characters. If your text could be longer, then change all of the 300's to whatever than maximum is (but be warned, there is a point of diminishing returns beyond which the formula will stop working, so don't make the number artificially high just to cover anything).

 

[yexcelk]

Assuming your data starts in cell A1, put this formula in cell B1 and copy it across for as many columns as you think you will ever have words to put in them, then copy all of those formula down to the bottom of your data (or beyond if you think you might add more rows of data in the future)...

=SUBSTITUTE(""""&TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE($A1,"""",REPT(" ",300)),(2*COLUMNS($B:B)-1)*300,300))&"""","""""","")

Note: This formula assumes the text in any one cell will never be more than 300 characters. If your text could be longer, then change all of the 300's to whatever than maximum is (but be warned, there is a point of diminishing returns beyond which the formula will stop working, so don't make the number artificially high just to cover anything).

Thank you very much!