Awesome, thanks! I replicated that, and now I can just name the columns and the delete the preceding columns with the variable names and I am in business.
One of these babies is 11775 rows ;-) On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 9:18 AM Michael D. Setzer II <[email protected]> wrote: > Loaded the csv file with libreoffice and click on space and > other boxes and entered :. > That brings in columns A thru AB. > > > On 13 Mar 2022 at 9:05, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote: > > From: "Rogier F. van Vlissingen" > <[email protected]> > Date sent: Sun, 13 Mar 2022 09:05:56 -0400 > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Spreadsheet > question > To: David Lynch <[email protected]> > Copies to: [email protected] > > > wow... I had never used that function before... > > > > > > I am not quite there yet, however, but at least this is a path. Here > is an > > > example of one of the strings > > > > > > Date:20220302 Time:1631 PM1.0:000 PM2.5:000 PM10:000 CO2:0010 > HCHO:0.001 > > > TVOC:0.000 >0.3DustNum:00000 >0.5DustNum:00000 >1.0DustNum:00000 > > > >2.5DustNum:00000 >5.0DustNum:00000 >10DustNum:00000 > > > > > > Using the expression as you wrote it, I get fields, like this: > > > Date 20220302 Time 1631 PM1.0 000 PM2.5 000 PM10 000 CO2 0010 HCHO > 0.001 > > > TVOC 0.000 >0.3DustNum 00000 >0.5DustNum 00000 >1.0DustNum 00000 > > > >2.5DustNum 00000 >5.0DustNum 00000 >10DustNum 00000 and then I could > > > name the columns and delete the columns with the variable names. > > > > > > I will have to study that function... thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 13, 2022 at 8:41 AM David Lynch <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > >> On 13/03/2022 12:04, Rogier F. van Vlissingen wrote: > > >> > Var1: value1 Var2: value2 Var3: value 3 ... Var10: value10 > > >> > > >> Place the strings in column 1 than put > > >> > > >> =REGEX($A1,"(?<=^| |:)[^ ]+?(?=:| |$)",,COLUMN()-1) > > >> > > >> in column 2 and drag right for ten columns and down. > > >> > > >> David Lynch > > >> > > >> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > > Posting guidelines + more: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > Michael D. Setzer II - Computer Science Instructor > (Retired) > mailto:[email protected] > mailto:[email protected] > Guam - Where America's Day Begins > G4L Disk Imaging Project maintainer > http://sourceforge.net/projects/g4l/ > +------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > The following section of this message contains a file attachment > prepared for transmission using the Internet MIME message format. > If you are using Pegasus Mail, or any other MIME-compliant system, > you should be able to save it or view it from within your mailer. > If you cannot, please ask your system administrator for assistance. > > ---- File information ----------- > File: BRSmart128S_0302-0313_2022_RFvV_BR.ods > Date: 13 Mar 2022, 23:16 > Size: 675913 bytes. > Type: Libre-sheet > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
