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    <p>I'm trying to figure out if it is possible to select an Excel item from a list -- when that list is in a single cell -- using predefined functions, or if I'm going to have to write my own VBA to make it happen.</p> <p>Something similar to the <code>=CHOOSE()</code> function seems to be what I need, as it works if all of the values are in separate cells:</p> <p><kbd>&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd><kbd><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></kbd><kbd><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></kbd><br /> <kbd><b>1</b></kbd><kbd>alpha&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd><kbd>=CHOOSE(2,A1,A2,A3,A4,A5)</kbd><br /> <kbd><b>2</b></kbd><kbd>beta&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd><kbd>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd><br /> <kbd><b>3</b></kbd><kbd>gamma</kbd><kbd>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd><br /> <kbd><b>4</b></kbd><kbd>delta&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd><kbd>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd><br /> <kbd><b>5</b></kbd><kbd>epsilon</kbd><kbd>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd></p> <p>The formula above in cell <strong>B1</strong> gives me exactly the value I expect: "beta".</p> <p>But the way my source data are constructed, the values are all in the same cell:</p> <p><kbd>&nbsp;&nbsp;</kbd><kbd><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></kbd><kbd><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</b></kbd><br /> <kbd><b>1</b></kbd><kbd>alpha,beta,gamma,delta,epsilon</kbd><kbd>=CHOOSE(2,A1)</kbd></p> <p>And in this construction, the forumula in <strong>B1</strong> results in a <code>#VALUE!</code> error. I <em>do</em> understand why this error occurs -- but I'm wondering if there is either:</p> <ol> <li>Some way to make Excel interpret the comma-separated values in cell <strong>A1</strong> as five separate values, or</li> <li>Some alternate function I should be using to accomplish this goal.</li> </ol> <p>If Excel can't handle it, I'll write my own function -- but it seems like such a straightforward need that I assume the program has it built in somewhere.</p>
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    1. COhttp://superuser.com/questions/483419/how-to-split-a-string-based-on-in-ms-excel
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    2. COI don´t know, but if there is a direct function for this task, you can write a VBA Macro to Split(sourceText, separator) http://www.homeandlearn.org/the_split_function.html
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    3. COSo in other words you want to enter a number (n), 2 in your example, and return the word before the nth comma and after the nth-1 from your source cell?
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