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I have the following situation Cell A Abdal-Ghaffar, NadyN14264504Middle Eastern and Islamic StudiesPHD Cell B Abdal-Ghaffar, Nady how do i build a formula on cell Cell C to look up the name on the text string |
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Assuming that string is in A2 and the name is always followed by a comma, this formula will pull out the name: =LEFT(A2,FIND(",",A2)-1) -- JBeaucaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JBeaucaire's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=73 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=62747 |
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Hi Thank you so much for your help , I am still stcuk a bit I do not want to
separete the name but to look up in another cell Cell A =A bdal-Ghaffar, NadyN14264504Middle Eastern and Islamic StudiesPHD Cell B = Abdal-Ghaffar, Nady Cell C = look up B in A and return to C Thank you "JBeaucaire" wrote: Assuming that string is in A2 and the name is always followed by a comma, this formula will pull out the name: =LEFT(A2,FIND(",",A2)-1) -- JBeaucaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JBeaucaire's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=73 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=62747 |
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=IF(ISERR(SEARCH(B1,A1)),"Not Found",A1) -- mdmackillop ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mdmackillop's Profile: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/member.php?userid=113 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/sh...ad.php?t=62747 |
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