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How do I separate the last name only from say Kelvin F Pakaree?
I have a column of names which are separated with spaces. I only want the
last name. What formula/e can I use to get only the last name, example MRS SALOME NAICKER, MR ALISTER KELVIN FRANCIS PAKAREE. |
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How do I separate the last name only from say Kelvin F Pakaree?
Goto "Data-Text to Columns"
try this on a spare copy. *** Please do rate *** "Kelvin" wrote: I have a column of names which are separated with spaces. I only want the last name. What formula/e can I use to get only the last name, example MRS SALOME NAICKER, MR ALISTER KELVIN FRANCIS PAKAREE. |
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How do I separate the last name only from say Kelvin F Pakaree?
=MID(A1,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","~",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
",""))))+1,255) -- HTH Bob Phillips (replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct) "Kelvin" wrote in message ... I have a column of names which are separated with spaces. I only want the last name. What formula/e can I use to get only the last name, example MRS SALOME NAICKER, MR ALISTER KELVIN FRANCIS PAKAREE. |
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