Data Menu Text to columns
"L. Howard Kittle" wrote:
For the left name =LEFT(A2,FIND(" ",A2)-1)
For the right name =MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,10)
Does have some limitations, if there is a middle initial things will go
nuts, but for the vanilla examples you offered this should work. If the
right name is longer than 10 characters you will need to change the 10 to
whatever.
HTH
Regards,
Howard
"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 quick response and the extra info!
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