> >I made a poll I use on the internet and the responses are emailed to me.
> >I get a message in this form.
> >
> >name=value
> >name=value
> >...and so on.
> >
> >How can I quickly import several hundred of these from Netscape Comm.
> >Messenger 4.06 into Excel 97 so I may use the data?
> >
> >Jerry
        <<
        From:   Joe Pearson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
        Sent:   Thursday, September 10, 1998 1:45 AM
        <snip>
> So I assume you can get to a text file with just the name=value lines
> (in blocks for each response I suppose).   Then you can open the text
> file in excel - which will result in a single column with all the
> entries - and use the Data - Text to columns feature.  Choose type
> "delimited" and set the delimiter to '=' (in the Other: box).
        <snip>
        >>

        I would like to add an idea to Joe's.  I also offer no guarantees.
I'm not sure how the data to text works, so I'll describe how it would work
in Access and assume that you can either use Access in an intermediate step
or that Excel will do the same.

        The equal delimiter will allow you to have a two column table.

        Any rows where the 2nd column is null can be deleted.  With a sort
or filter, you should be able to delete these easily in one step.

        As a note, Excel has commands RTrim, LTrim, Left, Mid and Right,
which would allow you to clean up the data as needed.

        Good Luck,
        Alan Geist
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