What Is a Delimited List?

A delimiter is a sequence of one or more characters for specifying the boundary between separate, independent regions in plain text, mathematical expressions or other data streams. An example of a delimiter is the comma character, which acts as a field delimiter in a sequence of comma-separated values.

How do I create a delimited list in Excel?

Select the cells that you want to contain the lists. On the ribbon, click DATA > Data Validation. In the dialog, set Allow to List. Click in Source, type the text or numbers (separated by commas, for a comma-delimited list) that you want in your drop-down list, and click OK.

How do I split text into rows?

The easiest method is to follow these steps:
  1. Select one cell in your data and press Ctrl+T to convert the data to a table.
  2. In the Power Query tools, choose From Table. ...
  3. Select the column with your products. ...
  4. In the Split Column dialog, click on Advanced Options.
  5. In the Split Into section, choose Rows.
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