Splitting names from cells
 

My first question to the hordes of folks better equipped to answer than
the people around me. I'm a policy advisor and I only use Excel and
Access as they relate to research. I'm trying to figure out if there
is a method for splitting first and last names from a cell where both
are contained. We have a huge fleet database with thousands of
operator names, but when some moron first set up the system, they put
entire name (JOHN A DOE) in one cell. Is there a way I can search for
the string following the final space, or some such thing, so I can
separate the names?

Thanks.


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=LEFT(A1,FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","^^",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
",""))))-1)

and

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("^^",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
","^^",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","")))))

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My first question to the hordes of folks better equipped to answer than
the people around me. I'm a policy advisor and I only use Excel and
Access as they relate to research. I'm trying to figure out if there
is a method for splitting first and last names from a cell where both
are contained. We have a huge fleet database with thousands of
operator names, but when some moron first set up the system, they put
entire name (JOHN A DOE) in one cell. Is there a way I can search for
the string following the final space, or some such thing, so I can
separate the names?

Thanks.


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Bob


Using your formulas on this example John A Doe results in John A and
Doe, is it possible to split it to show John / A / Doe in 3 separate
cells

If possible could you explain what the formula is doing, I understand
LEFT and LEN etc but don't understand the use of ^^

Thanks

Paul


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