Google Sheets SPLIT Function Tutorial - Text to Columns

Name: Google Sheets SPLIT Function Tutorial - Text to Columns
Uploaded: 2023-06-27 21:09:13
Description: Demonstrate the various applications of the split function in Google Sheets for separating text into columns using a specified delimiter.

This article is a summary of a YouTube video "Google Sheets SPLIT Function Tutorial - Text to Columns Using a Delimiter, INDEX, COUNTA, IMPORTRSS" by Learn Google Sheets & Excel Spreadsheets

TLDR Demonstrate the various applications of the split function in Google Sheets for separating text into columns using a specified delimiter.

Key insights

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The import feed function in Google Sheets allows users to import RSS feeds and extract specific information, such as article titles, from the feed.
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The split function can have a third argument, which is only necessary if the delimiter consists of more than one character.

Timestamped Summary

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00:00
The video discusses the split function in Google Sheets and its various applications, with links to resources provided in the video description.
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01:01
The speaker shows how to import and extract article titles from the education section of the New York Times website using Google Sheets and the import feed function.
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03:56
The speaker demonstrates how to use the split function in Google Sheets to separate text into columns using a delimiter, and also mentions the optional arguments for headers and the number of items.
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05:39
The split function in Google Sheets allows users to separate text into columns using a specified delimiter, and the speaker demonstrates how to use it and explains how to use multiple characters as delimiters.
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08:30
The speaker explains how to use the SPLIT function in Google Sheets to separate text into columns using a specified delimiter.
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10:09
Using the SPLIT function in Google Sheets allows for easy text separation into columns using a specified delimiter and row index.
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12:04
The speaker demonstrates how to use the split function within the index function to extract the first word of a title from an array in Google Sheets.
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14:03
The speaker explains how to use the SPLIT function in Google Sheets to retrieve the last word from a text by using the INDEX and COUNTA functions.