Formula needed for removal of [] and data in.

[chetan123]

Can someone help me in providing formula for removing [] and data in it?


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DATA	RESULTS
ABC [2.5], JKB [23.3]	ABC, JKB
Norway [.45]	Norway
Smaller then1-5 days [12.5],5-12 days [34.5],13-25 days [23.3], 26-50 days [45.2]	Smaller then1-5 days, 5-12 days ,13-25 days , 26-50 days
DGF&co (fdg) [3.4]	DGF&co (fdg)
GEMINI PLC/THE [5.22], Leo CORP [23..0]	GEMINI PLC/THE, Leo CORP
empty	empty

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[alansidman]

Use the Find and Select Option on the Ribbon on the Home Tab. Select Find and Replace. When prompted Find All and Replace All.

 

[chetan123]

Thanks Alan. But I'm working on template so I need a formula for it.

 

[trekker68]

No formula but try flash fill. Just enter one or two rows of example data in a column to the left and press CTRL-E

 

[sandy666]

try PowerQuery but this is not full automated

DATA		Merged
ABC [2.5], JKB [23.3]		ABC , JKB
Norway [.45]		Norway
Smaller then1-5 days [12.5],5-12 days [34.5],13-25 days [23.3], 26-50 days [45.2]		Smaller then1-5 days ,5-12 days ,13-25 days , 26-50 days
DGF&co (fdg) [3.4]		DGF&co (fdg)
GEMINI PLC/THE [5.22], Leo CORP [23..0]		GEMINI PLC/THE , Leo CORP

[SIZE=1]// Table1
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="Table1"]}[Content],
    Index = Table.AddIndexColumn(Source, "Index", 1, 1),
    Len = Table.AddColumn(Index, "Length", each Text.Length([DATA]), Int64.Type),
    Sort = Table.Sort(Len,{{"Length", Order.Descending}}),
    Split = Table.SplitColumn(Sort, "DATA", Splitter.SplitTextByAnyDelimiter({"[","]"}, QuoteStyle.Csv)),
    RC = Table.RemoveColumns(Split,{"DATA.2", "DATA.4", "DATA.6", "DATA.8", "DATA.9"}),
    Merge = Table.CombineColumns(RC,{"DATA.1", "DATA.3", "DATA.5", "DATA.7"},Combiner.CombineTextByDelimiter(" ", QuoteStyle.None),"Merged"),
    Trim = Table.TransformColumns(Merge,{{"Merged", Text.Trim, type text}}),
    Sort2 = Table.Sort(Trim,{{"Index", Order.Ascending}}),
    RC2 = Table.RemoveColumns(Sort2,{"Index", "Length"})
in
    RC2[/SIZE]

 

[Fluff]

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