Split Words as Individual Characters

Split Words as Individual Characters

Problem description & analysis:

An Excel table has a column of words:

A
1EJ
2OU
3only

Task: Split each of these words as individual characters and concatenate them into a column, as the following shows:

B
1E
2J
3O
4U
5o
6n
7l
8y

Solution:

Enter the following formula in SPL XLL:

=spl("=E@1(?).conj(~.split())",A1:A3)

As shown in the picture below:

r/esProc_Desktop - Split Words as Individual Characters

Explanation:

E@1 converts the data range to a one-dimensional sequence. ~ represents the current member; split()splits each character from each word; conj() concatenates the characters.


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