How to remove all text in parentheses from a line of text

divster27

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Hello,

I receive a datasheet from a supplier which has the artist, title and some further information in a string like this:

Dekker, Desmond / Double Dekker (2LP Gold Coloured)

I've used text to columns to split out Dekker, Desmond and Double Dekker into separate columns, Artist and Title
What i'd like to be able to do is before this create a new column that says:

"everything in parentheses move into another column, and remove the parentheses"

So it would become

ARTISTTITLENotes
Dekker, Desmond​
Double Dekker​
2LP Gold Coloured​

Any help appreciated!

David
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Assuming your data starts in A1

VBA Code:
Sub jec()
 Dim ar, sp, j As Long, jj As Long
 ar = Range("A1", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)).Resize(, 10)
 
 For j = 1 To UBound(ar)
   sp = Split(Replace(Replace(ar(j, 1), ")", ""), "(", " / "), " / ")
   For jj = 0 To UBound(sp)
     ar(j, jj + 1) = sp(jj)
   Next
 Next
 
 Range("A1", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)).Resize(, 10) = ar
End Sub
 
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Thanks that looks almost there - just need to move the data to new columns - the code overtypes what is there already
 
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Ok, then write the last line as

VBA Code:
Range("A1", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)).Offset(,1).Resize(, 10) = ar
 
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Hiya - still doing the same as far as i can see
The spreadsheet has column headers as below
I want to move the data to columns J, K and L as below


orderStocknotesFormat
ARTIST / TITLE​
BarcodeCat numberLabel
Artist​
Title​
Note​
newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£23.99VINYL
OST / Call Me By Your Name (2LP Translucent Pink Coloured)​
8719262033351MOVATM184TMUSIC ON VINYL
newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£17.90VINYL
OST / It Follows (1LP Yellow & Green Coloured)​
8719262034020MOVATM311YMUSIC ON VINYL
newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£17.90VINYL
OST / My Policeman (1LP Turquoise Coloured)​
8719262034617MOVATM366TUMUSIC ON VINYL
newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£19.90VINYL
Dekker, Desmond / Double Dekker (2LP Gold Coloured)​
8719262029804MOVLP2483GMUSIC ON VINYL
newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£15.50VINYL
Drop Nineteens / Delaware (1LP Black)​
0600753949955MOVLP3319MUSIC ON VINYL
newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£24.90VINYL
Weather Report / Live In Tokyo (2LP Coloured)​
8719262030947MOVLP3521CMUSIC ON VINYL
newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£16.50VINYL
Twenty 4 Seven / I Wanna Show You =30th Ann= (1LP Coloured)​
8719262033825MOVLP3671CMUSIC ON VINYL


I'm using the following code

Sub jec()
Dim ar, sp, j As Long, jj As Long
ar = Range("F1", Range("F" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)).Resize(, 10)

For j = 1 To UBound(ar)
sp = Split(Replace(Replace(ar(j, 1), ")", ""), "(", " / "), " / ")
For jj = 0 To UBound(sp)
ar(j, jj + 1) = sp(jj)
Next
Next

Range("F1", Range("F" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp)).Offset(,1).Resize(, 10) = ar

End Sub
 
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Get and Transform Data on Data Tab

Power Query:
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    #"Replaced Value" = Table.ReplaceValue(Source,"(","/",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"ARTIST / TITLE"}),
    #"Replaced Value1" = Table.ReplaceValue(#"Replaced Value",")","",Replacer.ReplaceText,{"ARTIST / TITLE"}),
    #"Split Column by Delimiter" = Table.SplitColumn(#"Replaced Value1", "ARTIST / TITLE", Splitter.SplitTextByDelimiter("/", QuoteStyle.Csv), {"ARTIST / TITLE.1", "ARTIST / TITLE.2", "ARTIST / TITLE.3"}),
    #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Split Column by Delimiter",{{"ARTIST / TITLE.1", "Artist"}, {"ARTIST / TITLE.2", "Title"}, {"ARTIST / TITLE.3", "Type"}}),
    #"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Renamed Columns",{"order", "Stock", "notes", "Column1", "Format", "Barcode", "Cat number", "Label", "Artist", "Title", "Type"})
in
    #"Reordered Columns"

Book6
ABCDEFGHIJK
10orderStocknotesColumn1FormatBarcodeCat numberLabelArtistTitleType
11newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£23.99VINYL8.71926E+12MOVATM184TMUSIC ON VINYLOST Call Me By Your Name 2LP Translucent Pink Coloured
12newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£17.90VINYL8.71926E+12MOVATM311YMUSIC ON VINYLOST It Follows 1LP Yellow & Green Coloured
13newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£17.90VINYL8.71926E+12MOVATM366TUMUSIC ON VINYLOST My Policeman 1LP Turquoise Coloured
14newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£19.90VINYL8.71926E+12MOVLP2483GMUSIC ON VINYLDekker, Desmond Double Dekker 2LP Gold Coloured
15newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£15.50VINYL6.00754E+11MOVLP3319MUSIC ON VINYLDrop Nineteens Delaware 1LP Black
16newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£24.90VINYL8.71926E+12MOVLP3521CMUSIC ON VINYLWeather Report Live In Tokyo 2LP Coloured
17newNew release LAF exclusive MoV 9.FEB.24.£16.50VINYL8.71926E+12MOVLP3671CMUSIC ON VINYLTwenty 4 Seven I Wanna Show You =30th Ann= 1LP Coloured
Sheet2
 
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