I have the following table
ID. ID2. String
123. 567, 986 ABC;BCD;ACD
142. 134, 654,1134 AA;BB
I wa
Try this.
Sub FlattenData()
Dim rng As Range, arr() As Variant, i As Long, rw As Long, j As Long
Set rng = Range("A1:C2") //Update for your range
arr() = rng
rng.ClearContents
rw = 0
For i = 1 To UBound(arr, 1)
colBTemp = VBA.Split(arr(i, 2), ",")
colCTemp = VBA.Split(arr(i, 3), ";")
colBTempLength = UBound(colBTemp, 1) + 1
colCTempLength = UBound(colCTemp, 1) + 1
requiredRows = WorksheetFunction.Max(colBTempLength, colCTempLength)
For j = 1 To requiredRows
Range("A" & rw + j) = arr(i, 1)
If j <= colBTempLength Then
Range("B" & rw + j) = colBTemp(j - 1)
Else
Range("B" & rw + j) = vbNullString
End If
If j <= colCTempLength Then
Range("C" & rw + j) = colCTemp(j - 1)
Else
Range("C" & rw + j) = vbNullString
End If
Next j
rw = rw + requiredRows
Next i
End Sub
With only the starting, concatenated data in the active sheet and ID is in A1, run this macro.
Sub split_out()
Dim v As Long, vVALs As Variant, vID2s As Variant, vSTRs As Variant
Dim rw As Long, lr As Long, mx As Long
With ActiveSheet
lr = .Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
.Cells(1, 1).CurrentRegion.Rows(1).Copy Destination:=.Cells(lr + 2, 1)
For rw = 2 To lr
vVALs = Application.Index(.Cells(rw, 1).Resize(1, 3).Value, 1, 0)
vID2s = Split(vVALs(2), Chr(44))
vSTRs = Split(vVALs(3), Chr(59))
mx = Application.Max(UBound(vID2s), UBound(vSTRs))
For v = LBound(vID2s) To mx
.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0) = vVALs(1)
If UBound(vID2s) >= v Then _
.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(0, 1) = vID2s(v)
If UBound(vSTRs) >= v Then _
.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(0, 2) = vSTRs(v)
Next v
Next rw
End With
End Sub
The flattened data will be populated below the existing data. Your results should be similar to the following.