Shorten A Name
If I have a cell A1 with a name entered in the format 'Mr A B SURNAME', how can I get it shortened to just the start and end in B1 so it will just show 'Mr SURNAME'. thanks -- rocket0612 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rocket0612's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19492 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378932 |
Use: =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) & " " & RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-MAX(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))) *(MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))),1)=" "))) confirm with control shift enter as this is an array formula. Source: http://www.cpearson.com/excel/excelF.htm Mangesh -- mangesh_yadav ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mangesh_yadav's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=10470 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378932 |
thanks Mangesh :) -- rocket0612 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rocket0612's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=19492 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378932 |
One option: =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)&MID(A1,MAX((MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))), 1)=" ")*(ROW(INDIRECT("1:"&LEN(A1))))),255) Confirm the formula by holding down Ctrl and Shift, and then hit Enter. Hope it helped Ola Sandström -- olasa ------------------------------------------------------------------------ olasa's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=17760 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=378932 |
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