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Asked: 2026-06-15T20:47:19+00:00

I got this CSV file with 18000+ rows and 7 columns. When I save

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I got this CSV file with 18000+ rows and 7 columns. When I save it to .txt from Excel and open in notepad it shows like this:

10012   CITY    10012   CITY    RIKSDAGEN   CITY lokal  10

But I want to change it so lets say: the first CITY starts at position 6 (right after the 2 in 10012) and the second 10012 on a fixed position (lets say 26) etc.

I figured I need to swich the ‘tab’ spaces with regular spaces but with 18000+ rows.. yea.
I don’t know if this could be done in vba or if I a program?

EDIT: The positions I want is 6,26,31,51,81

10012CITY   10012CITY   RIKSDAGEN   CITY lokal  10
1    6      26   31     51          81
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  1. Editorial Team

    One possibility is to prepare data in Excel itself:

    A2:H2: String positions (1;6;26..)
    A3:H3: Your data

    I3: =A3&REPT(" ";B$2-A$2-LEN(A3))
    The formula can be copied to the right and down.

    The result will be cells with added spaces, which can be concatenated into a single cell (=I3&J3...&P3) with spaces in needed locations . The contents of the concatenated cell(s) can be copy-pasted directly to Notepad.

    Example spreadsheet: http://www.bumpclub.ee/~jyri_r/Excel/Getting_fixed_length_csv_file.xls

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