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Franz Verga
 
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Default HELP on "left","right","find","len","substitute" functions

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*serene83* ha scritto:

Hi, i have a problem here which i need to use "left", "right", "find",
"len" and "substitute" function to solve it.

How do i use left", "right", "find", "len" and "substitute" function
to split these car models into two columns?

Question:

Honda Accord
Toyota Camry
Mitsubishi Galant
BMW 3 Series

Ans:

1st column:
Honda
Toyota
Mtsubishi
BMW

2nd column:
Accord
Camry
Galant
3 Series

Thank you.


If your data are in column A, starting from A1, enter this in B1:

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

and this in C1:

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-LEN(B1)-1)

select B1:C1 and copy down.

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Hope I helped you.

Thanks in advance for your feedback.

Ciao

Franz Verga from Italy