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Column A has names in it. The format is Last Name, Space First Name. How do I
extract the names so they appear in the same column or another column in this
format.

First Name space Last Name.

Thank You in advance.
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If exactly as described

=MID(A1,FIND(", ",A1)+2,99)&" "&LEFT(A1,FIND(", ",A1)-1)

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Column A has names in it. The format is Last Name, Space First Name. How

do I
extract the names so they appear in the same column or another column in

this
format.

First Name space Last Name.

Thank You in advance.
Tony



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Thanks Bob,

It worked fine, exactly what I needed.

"Bob Phillips" wrote:

If exactly as described

=MID(A1,FIND(", ",A1)+2,99)&" "&LEFT(A1,FIND(", ",A1)-1)

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

"Tony" wrote in message
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Column A has names in it. The format is Last Name, Space First Name. How

do I
extract the names so they appear in the same column or another column in

this
format.

First Name space Last Name.

Thank You in advance.
Tony




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