Hi

Here's an other method.

Use find/replace to replace "(" with "~("

Then select all cells and goto "Text to columns" on the Data tab Delemited
Other : ~ Next Destination : $B$1 OK

Regards,
Per


"Jarek Kujawa" skrev i meddelelsen
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one method:

=LEFT(A1,FIND("(",A1)-1) for names
=MID(A1,FIND("(",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-FIND("(",A1)-1) for numbers

should you need the numbers to be "numeric" not text then
=MID(A1,FIND("(",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-FIND("(",A1)-1)*1

HIH


On 17 Sty, 12:05, "Stan in South Africa" <me@there wrote:
Using Vista, Excel 2007

I have the following:
In A1 - 'Bill Smith (2468)'
In A2 - 'James Sinclair (659873)'
and so on to A350, with names of various lengths and numbers containing a
different number of digits in parenthesis.

I require, in text format:
In B1 - 'Bill Smith' In C1 '(2468)'
In B2 - 'James Sinclair' In C2 '(659873)'
and so on to row 350.

Any advice will be appreciated.