“Array of arrays” is not related to the TEXTSPLIT function per se, but TEXTSPLIT is an easy way to see the limitation in action. When TEXTSPLIT is used on a single cell, it returns the text split by delimiter in a single array whose values spill onto the worksheet into multiple cells. However, when you call TEXTSPLIT on a range of cells, TEXTSPLIT returns an array of results where each result is itself an array, creating an “array of arrays”. As seen in the example shown, the result is that only the first name is returned in each row. Author
Dave Bruns
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