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How do I extract part of a text string
Try this:
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) Biff "Brennan" wrote in message ... I need to extract the first name from one cell and put it into another column. Example: John Smith John Andrew Johnson Andrew Michael White Michael I'm sure its pretty easy, but I can't seem to figure it out. Can anyone help? |
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