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take first name out of column & put it in another column
Hi there & I sure would appreciate help. I send you many thanks ahead of
time!! I have tons of name in one column: lastname firstname I want to take the lastname and put it in a column by itself. Can anyone help me? |
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take first name out of column & put it in another column
One way: If A1 contains Dagg Fred Then in B1 type =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1) This assumes that there is only one first name and one surname, and there is a single space between them Regards Mike -- Mikeopolo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mikeopolo's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=18570 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=519818 |
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take first name out of column & put it in another column
Assuming none of your Last Names have spaces in them (like Van Buren), this
should work: =LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1,1)-1) HTH, Elkar "harriet" wrote: Hi there & I sure would appreciate help. I send you many thanks ahead of time!! I have tons of name in one column: lastname firstname I want to take the lastname and put it in a column by itself. Can anyone help me? |
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