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I have a list of names as lastname, firstname. I need a formula to make them
first initial (no period) lastname. Does anyone know of an Excel formula or function that will do this? Thanks |
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The following formula should do what you want:
=MID(A1,FIND(",",A1)+2,1)&" "&LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1) -- Regards, Fred "BSAT Student" wrote in message ... I have a list of names as lastname, firstname. I need a formula to make them first initial (no period) lastname. Does anyone know of an Excel formula or function that will do this? Thanks |
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Thank you so much! It worked perfectly!!!
"Fred Smith" wrote: The following formula should do what you want: =MID(A1,FIND(",",A1)+2,1)&" "&LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1) -- Regards, Fred "BSAT Student" wrote in message ... I have a list of names as lastname, firstname. I need a formula to make them first initial (no period) lastname. Does anyone know of an Excel formula or function that will do this? Thanks |
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