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Default Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached

Post the *exact* formula you are trying.

Here's another way to do the same thing:

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,255)

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Biff
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"Libby" wrote in message
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I am trying this formula and it tells me that I have too few arguments.
what
am I doing wrong.
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Libby


"David Billigmeier" wrote:

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH(" ",A1))

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Regards,
Dave


"Frosty 1234" wrote:

Have cells with First Last names in them - need last name only. How to
delete
all characters up to and inlcuding the first blank space from left to
right.
I am having difficulty because the length of the first name varies...
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Thanks so much