I cannot consistently get the output you are showing. If I remove the "+1",
I can get some of them, if I add spaces to your entries, I can get other,
but I can't seem to duplicate what you show. My suggestion is to first make
sure your entries don't have leading or trailing "invisible" characters
(such as the space character or the ASCII 160 non-breaking space character).
Next, make sure you are using the *exact* formula I posted (copy/paste it,
don't re-type it). Then let us know whether it is working for you or not.
Note that I tested the formula on the sample data you posted and it does
work.

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)



"via135" wrote in message
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On Apr 3, 10:55 pm, "Rick Rothstein"
wrote:
You can use this formula to reverse the initials and surnames...

=MID(A1&"."&A1,LEN(A1)-LEN(TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,".",REPT("
",99)),99)))+1,LEN(A1))

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)

"via135" wrote in message

...

hi all!

i am having names in COL -A
all begining with intials followed by the name
and some names without initials as under:

M.GUPTA
C.K.S.BANERJEE
RAMAN
M.M.K.S.MOHAN
L.T.PRABA
S.LAL

and so on..!

what i want is to rearrange
the names to begin with the name
followed by initials..like

GUPTA.M.
BANERJEE.C.K.S.
RAMAN
MOHAN.M.M.K.S.
PRABA.L.T.
LAL.S.

so that it would be easier for
sorting the names..!
any help please?

-via135

hi Rothstein.!

i am getting the results like....

.GUPTA.
.S.BANERJEE.C.
RAMAN
K.S.MOHAN.M.M
T.PRABA.L
.LAL.