Thread: read characters starting from the right until a space is reached
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Default read characters starting from the right until a space is reached

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

or
in case there are no spaces in A1
=IF(ISERROR(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)),A1,LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1))

HTH
JG


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