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Google Sheets data formatting and extractions into more workable, easier to read format

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I have a set of data representing visitors and times of their visits. Each entry is in its own row in the sheet. Example; Time of the visit in A1 and Name in A2. The single digit numbers represent the day and range from 1 to 31. I need, in a new row or column =A1&A2, accounting for the day row. The issue is sometimes there is no Name as there was no visitor but the row where Name should go is not empty but rather has the Time for the next visit. I would like to add empty rows if there was no visitor. There is no indicator or special text in the data indicating if someone came to the meeting or not. would the below be better achieved with formulas or with a script and how?

Example of given data:

1  2  40P 01:40N  40P 01:40N  40P 02:30N  8997 Firstname Lastname  40P 03:20N  9094 Firstname Lastname  40P 04:10N  8627 Firstname Lastname  40P 05:00N  4479 Firstname Lastname  40P 06:00N  M7967 Firstname Lastname  40P 06:50N  40P 06:50N  60G 07:40N  3  40P 11:00N  7588 Firstname Lastname(Z)  40P 11:50N  6540 Firstname Lastname  40P 12:40N  40P 12:40N  40P 01:30N  8606 Firstname Lastname  60G 02:30N  40P 03:40N  8346 Firstname Lastname(Z)  40P 04:30N  6357 Firstname Lastname *important  40P 05:20N  4577 Firstname Lastname  40P 06:10N  8910 Firstname Lastname  4  5  40P 11:00N  1254 Firstname Lastname  

Want it to look like this:

1  40P 01:40N - no visitor  40P 01:40N - no visitor  40P 02:30N - 8997 Firstname Lastname  40P 03:20N - 9094 Firstname Lastname  
  • the data and the system it comes from is not "the best" but I have no control over it whatsoever
  • if the rows says 4 and the next row immediately under says 5, it would mean no times and or visitors on the 4th

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