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How to 2 and/or 3 items from a cell

kauser
8 - Asteroid

Hello, 

i need some help to pick up 2nd item from this cell below. please note this cell information will be change frequently so i can't use filter tool to select 2nd word. 

 

input Data 

F2
ITEM APPLE RED 

 

Expected Output: 

F2
APPLE
1 REPLY 1
jrlindem
13 - Pulsar

You can do that with a Text to Columns Tool but parse the data to rows instead.  Note in yellow, that there is a single space to use as the delimiter:

 

jrlindem_0-1764883835739.png

 

 

This will work dynamically regardless of what the word is.  Hope this helps, -Jay

 

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