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I have a list of data and I want to remove the first word of each cell in one
column and put it in a separate column. Is there a formula for this?


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Yes, there is a formula for this. You can use the LEFT and FIND functions in Excel to extract the first word from a cell and move it to a new cell. Here are the steps:
  1. Insert a new column next to the column that contains the data you want to extract the first word from.
  2. In the first cell of the new column, enter the following formula:
    Formula:
    =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1
    (Note: replace "A1" with the cell reference of the first cell in the original column)
  3. Press Enter to apply the formula to the first cell.
  4. Copy the formula down to the rest of the cells in the new column.
  5. The first word from each cell in the original column should now be extracted and displayed in the new column.

This formula works by using the FIND function to locate the first space in the cell, and then using the LEFT function to extract all the characters to the left of that space. The "-1" at the end of the formula is to exclude the space itself from the extracted text.
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=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

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Thanks Bob, but that only copies the word. I want to cut it out of the cell
rather than copy it. Any other suggestions?

Lyn.

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=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

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You can't do that with a formula, you would need VBA, macro code.

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Thanks Bob, but that only copies the word. I want to cut it out of the
cell
rather than copy it. Any other suggestions?

Lyn.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

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HTH

Bob

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Can you use two formula cells?

Use Bob's formula to get the first word.

Then use this formula to get the rest of the words.
=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,LEN(A1))

If you wanted, you could convert both these columns of formulas to values
(edit|copy, edit|Paste special|values) and delete the original data.




LM wrote:

Thanks Bob, but that only copies the word. I want to cut it out of the cell
rather than copy it. Any other suggestions?

Lyn.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

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HTH

Bob

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I have a list of data and I want to remove the first word of each cell in
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column and put it in a separate column. Is there a formula for this?






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Just brilliant. That worked a treat. You have just saved me days of work -
I thought I would have to do it manually. Thank you so much to both of you.

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Can you use two formula cells?

Use Bob's formula to get the first word.

Then use this formula to get the rest of the words.
=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,LEN(A1))

If you wanted, you could convert both these columns of formulas to values
(edit|copy, edit|Paste special|values) and delete the original data.




LM wrote:

Thanks Bob, but that only copies the word. I want to cut it out of the cell
rather than copy it. Any other suggestions?

Lyn.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

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HTH

Bob

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I have a list of data and I want to remove the first word of each cell in
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column and put it in a separate column. Is there a formula for this?






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