My first time using this passport.
It's great and so is your response
thanx a lot
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Dim str As String
str = "Duck, Donald"
MsgBox Left(str, InStr(str, ",") - 1)

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I need to get the left portion of a variable length
string
up to the comma delimiter. I tried the Split function
but
apparently I'm not getting it right.
For Example:

Ex1:
The string: "Duck, Donald - 8765"
I want to get "Duck"

Ex2:
The String: "Mouse, Mickey - 3456"
I want to get "Mouse"


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