Formula
 

I have a download into Excel which contains names, however the full name is
in one cell eg

Mr J Smith
Mrs S Jones
Mr A B Thompson

I can extract the title, ie Mr and I can extract the Last name, ie Smith
using formulas. Where Im hitting a wall is where there is more than one
inititial. In effect, I am looking for a formula which will extract all text
between the first space in the cell and the last space in the cell. Any help
woud be greatly appreciated.

Formula
 

Hi,

Try this with your names in column A

This in B1 and drag down to extract the title
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)-1)

This in C1 and drag down to extract the last name
=IF(ISERR(FIND(" ",A1)),A1,MID(A1,FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
","^^",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))))+1,1024))

This in D1 to extract the middle initial(s)
=TRIM(MID(A1,LEN(B1)+1,LEN(A1)-(LEN(B1)+LEN(C1))))


Mike

"dazoloko" wrote:

I have a download into Excel which contains names, however the full name is
in one cell eg

Mr J Smith
Mrs S Jones
Mr A B Thompson

I can extract the title, ie Mr and I can extract the Last name, ie Smith
using formulas. Where Im hitting a wall is where there is more than one
inititial. In effect, I am looking for a formula which will extract all text
between the first space in the cell and the last space in the cell. Any help
woud be greatly appreciated.

Formula
 

Thanks for help Mike it works a treat.

D

Mike H wrote:
Hi,

Try this with your names in column A

This in B1 and drag down to extract the title
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1,1)-1)

This in C1 and drag down to extract the last name
=IF(ISERR(FIND(" ",A1)),A1,MID(A1,FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
","^^",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",""))))+1,1024))

This in D1 to extract the middle initial(s)
=TRIM(MID(A1,LEN(B1)+1,LEN(A1)-(LEN(B1)+LEN(C1))))

Mike

I have a download into Excel which contains names, however the full name is
in one cell eg
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between the first space in the cell and the last space in the cell. Any help
woud be greatly appreciated.