With your data beginning in A1

In B1 enter In C1 enter
=LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1) =RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(",",A1)-1))

and copy down


"buggles" wrote:

I have a field with Last name separated by a comma and then First Name (ie
Smith, John). The names are not the same length and comma is not at same
place (if so, text to colum would work).

Is there a way to split field to get last name in one colum and first name
in another colum?
thanks
Sal