How do I convert strings to characters?
September 25, 2009 12:49 PM   Subscribe

How can I break down a long list of strings into individual characters on a Windows box?

I need a strategy ...

What I have:
----Spreadsheet of several hundred Mandarin Sentences from my personal Pimsleur notes.
----Windows & common prog/tools/utilities.

What I need:
----Mandarin sentences broken down into individual Hanzi with no duplicates.


Although the base info is currently in Excel, I can (of course) move it over to Word (or whatever) if there is perhaps a macro that does this.
posted by RavinDave to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)
 
Best answer: You can use the Text-to-Columns tool (look in the Data menu) to split the text. Specify fixed width fields and insert a break line after each character.
posted by limon at 1:02 PM on September 25, 2009


Response by poster: Ah! This looks do-able! A bit tedious (I evidently have to repeat it bunches of times, since I have a few long sentences), but I can live with that. And I can zap the duplicates with Conditional Formatting easy enogh. Thanx!!!
posted by RavinDave at 1:10 PM on September 25, 2009


« Older How do I keep my rental home secure?   |   “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act... Newer »
This thread is closed to new comments.


Tags

Share