Ok,
so I have names in a column which I want to both insert a space afte
a "," and then delete everything after the second word space. i.e
James,Patrick Coogan needs to be
James, Patrick
Can this be done?
Thanks in advance
You guys have been very patient and I very much appreciate all th
help.
Patrick:

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Assuming the only comma and space are as indicated, this UDF should do it.

Public Function FixName(argRange As Range) As String
FixName = Replace(Split(argRange, " ")(0), ",", ", ")
End Function

You should add error checking to ensure that argRange is a single cell.

NickHK

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Ok,
so I have names in a column which I want to both insert a space after
a "," and then delete everything after the second word space. i.e
James,Patrick Coogan needs to be
James, Patrick
Can this be done?
Thanks in advance
You guys have been very patient and I very much appreciate all the
help.
Patrick:)


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=LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1,1)-1) & ", " & MID(A1,FIND(",",A1,1)+1,(FIND("
",A1,1)-FIND(",",A1,1)))

or

Public Function CleanUpString(nameInCell As String) As String

CleanUpString = Left(nameInCell, InStr(1, nameInCell, ",",
vbTextCompare) - 1) & ", " & Mid(nameInCell, InStr(1, nameInCell, ",",
vbTextCompare) + 1, (InStr(1, nameInCell, " ", vbTextCompare) - InStr(1,
nameInCell, ",", vbTextCompare)))

End Function



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Ok,
so I have names in a column which I want to both insert a space after
a "," and then delete everything after the second word space. i.e
James,Patrick Coogan needs to be
James, Patrick
Can this be done?
Thanks in advance
You guys have been very patient and I very much appreciate all the
help.
Patrick:)


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Assuming the only comma and space are as indicated, this UDF should do it.

Public Function FixName(argRange As Range) As String
FixName = Replace(Split(argRange, " ")(0), ",", ", ")
End Function


Way to go.

You can use worksheet functions to do the same.

=CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1,1))," ",MID(A1,FIND(",",A1,1)+2,FIND("
",A1,FIND(",",A1))))

if A1 contains the name.

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Ok,
so I have names in a column which I want to both insert a space after
a "," and then delete everything after the second word space. i.e
James,Patrick Coogan needs to be
James, Patrick
Can this be done?
Thanks in advance
You guys have been very patient and I very much appreciate all the
help.
Patrick:)


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Hi Try this one
A1: James,Patrick Coogan
B1: =SUBSTITUTE(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)),",",", ")

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Ok,
so I have names in a column which I want to both insert a space after
a "," and then delete everything after the second word space. i.e
James,Patrick Coogan needs to be
James, Patrick
Can this be done?
Thanks in advance
You guys have been very patient and I very much appreciate all the
help.
Patrick:)


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You could select your range
edit|replace
what: (spacebar)* (two characters total)
with: (leave blank)
replace all

edit|Replace
what: ,
with: ,(spacebar)
replace all

If you needed code:
Option Explicit
Sub testme()
With Selection
.Replace What:=" *", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False
.Replace What:=",", Replacement:=", ", LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False
End With
End Sub


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Ok,
so I have names in a column which I want to both insert a space after
a "," and then delete everything after the second word space. i.e
James,Patrick Coogan needs to be
James, Patrick
Can this be done?
Thanks in advance
You guys have been very patient and I very much appreciate all the
help.
Patrick:)

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Excellent stuff,
Dave's worked perfect for me, saved me a lot of time.
Thanks so much :)
Patrick


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