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Ruan
 
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Default Extracting First Name

Hello,

I was able to extract the Last Name from a string, however I am having
difficulties extracting the First Name, especially when there is a Middle
Initial involved.

Example: Bond, James P.

I just need to extract "James".

Here is my formula I used for extracting the Last Name -
=UPPER(IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(",",A1)),TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND (",",A1)-1)),TRIM(LEFT(A1,FIND("
",A1)-1))))


Thanks
Ruan