Question

I want to get filter column string from below Data.

                    URL                          PreFix              OutPut             ConcatStrings
────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
    http://AbCD.com/grouponorange-county    |     Deals   |    orangecounty |    Dealsorangecounty

In,
Column-1 first column there is an URL string.
Column-2 There is fixed words here ex. Deals or any fixed string
Column-3 Want to get string after this “http://AbCD.com/groupon” string

                 there is orange-Country then remove all special character so here output is orangeCountry.
Coulmn-4 ConcatString ” [Column-2] + [Column-3] “

How I can do in Microsoft Excel sheet.

Answer 1

Column 4: use the formula =B:B&C:C.

Column 3: if you always have the same hostname, you can use:

=SUBSTITUTE(A:A,"http://AbCD.com/groupon","")

If it has a different hostname, use:

=RIGHT(A:A,LEN(A:A)-FIND("groupon",A:A)-LEN("groupon")+1)

(edit) Use Alt+F11 to go into VBA, go to Insert > Module, and paste this in:

Public Function remove_special_characters(s As String) As String
    ' based on code by Aaron Blood posted here:
    ' http://www.ozgrid.com/forum/showthread.php?t=55082&page=1

    Dim cur_char As String
    Dim i As Long

    For i = 1 To Len(s)
        cur_char = Mid(s, i, 1)
        If cur_char Like "[A-Za-z0-9]" Then
            remove_special_characters = remove_special_characters & cur_char
        End If
    Next i
End Function

You can then use =remove_special_characters() in Excel as a wrapper around the functions above.