I have a list of phone numbers in one column and I need to separate
the bit before the space from the bit after it. e.g. 0 0 01444 831918
etc So I need to extract the 01444 before the space into column
Telephone area code and 831918 into telephone. Can someone please
advise? Thanks Himani

If your phone numbers are in column A then column B gets the code with
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
Column C gets the phone number with
=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))

"Himani" wrote:

I have a list of phone numbers in one column and I need to separate
the bit before the space from the bit after it. e.g. 0 0 01444 831918
etc So I need to extract the 01444 before the space into column
Telephone area code and 831918 into telephone. Can someone please
advise? Thanks Himani

If all your entries are the same length and follow the same format of
spaces, 5 characters in the area code and 6 characters in the numbers,
you can use these formulas:
=MID(A1,5,5)
=RIGHT(A1,6)

Dave O
Eschew obfuscation

What did that do with the OP's example of 0 0 01444 831918, Dennis?

If there is always the same structure of segments, the easiest option may be
Data/ Text to columns/ Delimited/ by space.
--
David Biddulph

"Dennis" wrote in message
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If your phone numbers are in column A then column B gets the code with
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
Column C gets the phone number with
=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))

"Himani" wrote:

I have a list of phone numbers in one column and I need to separate
the bit before the space from the bit after it. e.g. 0 0 01444 831918
etc So I need to extract the 01444 before the space into column
Telephone area code and 831918 into telephone. Can someone please
advise? Thanks Himani

On 3 Jun, 16:42, Dennis wrote:
If your phone numbers are in column A then column B gets the code with
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
Column C gets the phone number with
=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))



"Himani" wrote:
I have a list of phone numbers in one column and I need to separate
the bit before the space from the bit after it. e.g. 0 0 01444 831918
etc So I need to extract the 01444 before the space into column
Telephone area code and 831918 into telephone. Can someone please
advise? Thanks Himani- Hide quoted text -

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Thank you very much. It works perfectly. Would it be possible to
explain the syntax at all?

Regards

Himani