Seperating and extracting text from parentheses

[Morton Detwyler]

I receive hundreds of rows of text data for part numbers and part
descriptions. The data is in a row format, beginning in A1, A2, A3, etc.
The data in each row is one text string; e.g.
Cell A1 - 123456-789 (PNL, 15.4 WXGA BV, RoHS, LPL)
Cell A2 - 57CX4962012 (LCD INVERTER)

I would like to separate the data in each of the text strings into the
format below. I've had a real challenge with extracting the part description
from the parentheses.

Cell A1 Cell B1
Cell C1
123456-789 (PNL, RoHS, LPL) 123456-789 PNL, RoHS, LPL

Cell A2 Cell B2
Cell C2
57CX4962012 (LCD INVERTER) 57CX4962012 LCD INVERTER

Thank you for your time and assistance.

 

[Mike H]

Hi,

In B1 to extract the first bit
=TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("(",A1)-1))

and the second bit

=MID(A1,FIND("(",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-(LEN(LEFT(A1,FIND("(",A1)))+1))

Mike

 

[JBeaucaire]

Have you tried the Data > Text to Columns > Delimited > Other:

 

[Morton Detwyler]

It worked perfectly! Thank you so much....

Hi,

In B1 to extract the first bit
=TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("(",A1)-1))

and the second bit

=MID(A1,FIND("(",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-(LEN(LEFT(A1,FIND("(",A1)))+1))

Mike