The spreadsheet I sent gave columns A thru AB, but some may not have separated exactly correct. Not knowing exactly what changes would be needed. Started by inserting a row at top.
To convert date to an actual date field. In ad1 put B. In ad2 put this formula to make a date. =DATE(LEFT(B2,4),MID(B2,5,2),RIGHT(B2,2)) In ae1 put D In ae2 put =TIME(INT(D2/100),MOD(D2,100),0) 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 -- 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
