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Default How to Substract a word from right side of the column using Right(

With the full name in cell A1; try the below formula in B1 and copy down as
required

=TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",REPT(" ",LEN(A1))),LEN(A1)))

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Jacob Skaria


"JAF-In" wrote:

Hi
How can i remove a Right side word from a set of words in one column
i need to substract the last names in to another column
eg: James William Watson... In this case i need to to take" Watson to the
next column

Regards