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Extract 1st word and in capitals
I have a list in column B that looks like this
Jones Fred Brown Al Daniels Bert what I want to end up with is JONES BROWN DANIELS so in short I need to extract the first word of the cell and it needs to be in capital letters. What is the best way to do this please. Bob |
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Extract 1st word and in capitals
Hi Robert
try =UPPER(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)) Frank Robert Gillard wrote: I have a list in column B that looks like this Jones Fred Brown Al Daniels Bert what I want to end up with is JONES BROWN DANIELS so in short I need to extract the first word of the cell and it needs to be in capital letters. What is the best way to do this please. Bob |
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Extract 1st word and in capitals
try in C1 if Jones ... in B1
=UPPER(LEFT(B1;FIND(" ";B1) or to be sure with space char UPPER(LEFT(TRIM(B1);FIND(" ";TRIM(B1)) "Robert Gillard" wrote in message ... I have a list in column B that looks like this Jones Fred Brown Al Daniels Bert what I want to end up with is JONES BROWN DANIELS so in short I need to extract the first word of the cell and it needs to be in capital letters. What is the best way to do this please. Bob |
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Extract 1st word and in capitals
Perfect thanks Frank
Bob "Frank Kabel" wrote in message ... Hi Robert try =UPPER(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)) Frank Robert Gillard wrote: I have a list in column B that looks like this Jones Fred Brown Al Daniels Bert what I want to end up with is JONES BROWN DANIELS so in short I need to extract the first word of the cell and it needs to be in capital letters. What is the best way to do this please. Bob |
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