On the back of Gary's suggestion:

=LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"The ",""),FIND(",",SUBSTITUTE(A2,"The ",""))-1)

Again, no comma, no biscuit ... you'll get #VALUE! error, so you really need
to test for that.

It's relatively easy to produce a formula for a specific cell value but much
more so to allow for all the options.

Regards

Trevor


"Gary''s Student" wrote in message
...
=LEFT(A2,FIND(",",A2,1)-1)
will return all the text to the left of the comma
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Gary's Student


"Help?" wrote:

I currently have a excel macro that pulls information from the excel
columns
and adds it to the filename. Then, the macro will convert to csv file. A
column exists in the file called EMPLOYER NAME. An individual will insert
a
company's name in this column. This will be pulled into the filename.
However, if a company is ABC Company, Inc. - the comma in the filename
throws
our printing system into a loop. So, I use the equation =LEFT(A2,FIND("
",A2))&MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,0) to only pull in the first portion of the
name
into another column and then insert the new name into the filename. Works
good, but I am now running into the problem of the name being The ABC
Company, Inc. The comma is not present, but the filename is The. Does
anyone
know an equation I could use that would only pick out ABC Company and
leave
The and the comma out?