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Default Data Menu Text to columns



"David Biddulph" wrote:

I don't see why you say you can't use LEFT or RIGHT.

What's wrong with
=LEFT(A7,FIND(" ",A7)-1) and
=RIGHT(A7,LEN(A7)-FIND(" ",A7)) ?
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David Biddulph

"NatChat" wrote in message
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Can you use a formula to split delimited data when number of characters in
each cell varies (rather than using Text to columns from Data menu).

For example:
Column A
1 Smith Sue
2 Wilson Jane
3 Vincent Michael

I want to split this data delimited by a space but can't use LEFT or RIGHT
functions as number of characters varies in each cell.

Please advise.

Thank you for your help!



Thanks for your qick response!