find & replace commas with newline on Google Spreadsheet

Question

I\'ve been trying to figure out how to replace commas with line-breaks. I\'ve tried using (/r/n/), char(10), the Unicode representation (can\'t rem

Answer 1

This response doesn't specifically answer the original question, but it is a similar use-case that I found which may help someone else. If you are searching for a newline character with other text and you want your replace to keep the newline character, here's one way you can do it.

My example searches for newline plus space and then replaces it with just a new line.

Find: (\n)\s

Replace: $1

It would be nice if google allowed regex in the replace field, but this might help someone if the newline character is part of the search parameters and needs to be included in the replace portion.

NOTE: Per Google's documentation, replace groups only work with Sheets. (as of July 13, 2017)

Answer 2

example using formula to parse

=SPLIT(A14,CHAR(10))

Answer 3

If I properly understood you want to obtain something like that:

The trick I discovered is this one:

1. you insert an expression as =SUBSTITUTE(A3,",","")
2. then edit the formula you've just types, you placed the cursor in between the latest two double quotes: =SUBSTITUTE(A3,",","<PLACE CURSOR HERE>")
3. and finally you press CTRL+ENTER. This is the way to insert a "new line" character.

Answer 4

To change all ">"(greater than) to ">\n"(greater than followed by a newline), I took this 3 step circuitous approach.

1. Copy the text onto LibreOffice "Text document"
2. Edit => Find & Replace // shortcut: Ctrl + H
3. Fill out 3 fields(boxes 1~3 in the below figure) there and click "Replace All" button.

Answer 5

Using the substitute formula gmansour mentioned above works in the new google sheets. However, doing a Find and Replace (CTRL H) does not. I tried using char(10) as a replace and only shows "char(10)".

Answer 6

Use the "replace using regular expressions" option. Then the target is \n and the replacement is , (i.e., comma followed by space).