Extracting and replacing the first word in a String of text
On Aug 21, 11:45�am, RAYCV wrote:
Hi, I am trying to extract and remerge data with an additional character
(comma). �For example, I have the following list in a column with many
variables
Jones Bob Mr
Campbell Jock Mr & Mrs
Smith Bob Banking Trust
and want it to be displayed as
Jones, Bob Mr
Campbell, Jock Mr & Mrs
Smith, Bob / Banking Trust
I have used =LEFT(G9,FIND(" ",G9)-1) to find the text and then
=H9&","&RIGHT(G9,FIND(" ",G9)*1) to concatenate the text, but it doesn't
return all the data for the 3rd record?? �What am I doing wrong
As you're just inserting a comma, why not find the space and use that
position to extract both the pre-comma & post-comma text.
=MID(G9,1,FIND(" ",G9)-1)&","&MID(G9,FIND(" ",G9),50)
Similar technique for the stroke insertion.
Alan Lloyd
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