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Default extract word function
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Assuming space as text separators, with source data in A1 down

In B1:
=IF(ISERROR(LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,SEARCH("
",A1)+1)+1)-1)),A1,LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,SEARCH("
",A1)+1)+1)-1))
Copy down

If there's less than 3 words in the string, then the above simply returns
col A as-is
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"Dinesh" wrote:
Is their a function to extract first 3 words from a text string?

Thanks.

Dinesh Shah

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