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PowerBtm
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Help: How could I automatically split a row in two when it passes a certain length?

I need to find a way to transform a single long column of up to 110 rows into multiple columns of maximum 40 rows. A40 to A79 should get moved to B0 to B39, etc. 

 

Here's the kicker; I can't use VBA and any fix can't modify the data of the cells, and I CAN'T convert the column using a delimiter. I can't fraction the data of the cells in two. Can anyone give me any pointers? I'd really appreciate some help or guidance, I'm going crazy.

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Anonymous
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You can use:

= Table.FromRows(List.Zip(List.Split(TableName[ColumnName], 40)))

 

--Nate

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Anonymous
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Hi @PowerBtm ,

 

Automatically turning a specific row into a new column does not seem very good. The attachment is how I manually changed columns 4-7 into a new column, you can check it out.

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Best Regards,

Stephen Tao

 

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Anonymous
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You can use:

= Table.FromRows(List.Zip(List.Split(TableName[ColumnName], 40)))

 

--Nate

Jakinta
Solution Sage
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Maybe this?

 

 

Table.FromColumns(List.Split(YourTable[YourColumn],40),{"Column1","Column2","Column3"})

 

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