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First name, Middle Initial
I have a column that has first Name, Middle Initial. Like this...
Lauren M Elise C David K LeSean As you can see, LeSean does NOT have a middle initial. I tried this formula to try and simply just get the first name WITHOUT the middle initial, but it didn't seem to work. =LEFT(B2,FIND(" ",B2)-1) Can someone PLEASE help me out here... Thanks in advance! |
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Try...
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(" ",A1)),LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)-1),A1) Hope this helps! In article , "wnfisba" wrote: I have a column that has first Name, Middle Initial. Like this... Lauren M Elise C David K LeSean As you can see, LeSean does NOT have a middle initial. I tried this formula to try and simply just get the first name WITHOUT the middle initial, but it didn't seem to work. =LEFT(B2,FIND(" ",B2)-1) Can someone PLEASE help me out here... Thanks in advance! |
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Try =IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",B2)),B2,LEFT(B2,FIND(" ",B2)-1)) Regards Roger Govier wnfisba wrote: I have a column that has first Name, Middle Initial. Like this... Lauren M Elise C David K LeSean As you can see, LeSean does NOT have a middle initial. I tried this formula to try and simply just get the first name WITHOUT the middle initial, but it didn't seem to work. =LEFT(B2,FIND(" ",B2)-1) Can someone PLEASE help me out here... Thanks in advance! |
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