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HOW TO EXTRACT STRINGS FROM CELLS
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i have an excell file with abt 100 records. one of the columns is of names. now i want that ´the first name and the last name should appear in different cells. what will b the formula to get the first n last names in two different columns depending on a blank space which separates them in the existing same coloumn of names thanking in advance |
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DataText to Columns -- Kind regards, Niek Otten "vidhya" wrote in message ... hello i have an excell file with abt 100 records. one of the columns is of names. now i want that ´the first name and the last name should appear in different cells. what will b the formula to get the first n last names in two different columns depending on a blank space which separates them in the existing same coloumn of names thanking in advance |
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=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
and =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1)) or else you could use DataText To columns with a space separator -- HTH RP (remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct) "vidhya" wrote in message ... hello i have an excell file with abt 100 records. one of the columns is of names. now i want that ´the first name and the last name should appear in different cells. what will b the formula to get the first n last names in two different columns depending on a blank space which separates them in the existing same coloumn of names thanking in advance |
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