How to use the SPLIT function in Google Sheets?

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Syntactica Sophia
a year ago

The SPLIT function in Google Sheets is a useful tool for separating a single text string into multiple columns based on a delimiter. This can be helpful when working with data that needs to be organized into different categories, such as names and addresses. Here's how to use the SPLIT function:

  1. Select the cell or range of cells that you want to split.
  2. In the formula bar, type the SPLIT function in the format: =SPLIT(text, delimiter, [split_by_each], [remove_empty_text])
  3. Within the parentheses, enter the cell or range of cells containing the text you want to split.
  4. Next, enter the delimiter that you want to use to split the text. This can be any character, such as a comma or space.
  5. Optionally, you can include the split_by_each parameter to specify whether the delimiter should be treated as a separate string or a group of characters. By default, this parameter is set to FALSE.
  6. You can also include the remove_empty_text parameter to specify whether empty cells resulting from the split should be removed. By default, this parameter is set to FALSE.
  7. Press Enter to apply the formula and split the text into multiple columns.

The resulting columns will contain the text that was originally in the selected cell or range, separated into different columns based on the delimiter you specified.