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Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached
Have cells with First Last names in them - need last name only. How to delete
all characters up to and inlcuding the first blank space from left to right. I am having difficulty because the length of the first name varies... -- Thanks so much |
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Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH(" ",A1))
-- Regards, Dave "Frosty 1234" wrote: Have cells with First Last names in them - need last name only. How to delete all characters up to and inlcuding the first blank space from left to right. I am having difficulty because the length of the first name varies... -- Thanks so much |
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Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached
This was exactly what I needed - worked great - Thanks,
-- Thanks so much "David Billigmeier" wrote: =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH(" ",A1)) -- Regards, Dave "Frosty 1234" wrote: Have cells with First Last names in them - need last name only. How to delete all characters up to and inlcuding the first blank space from left to right. I am having difficulty because the length of the first name varies... -- Thanks so much |
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Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached
I am trying this formula and it tells me that I have too few arguments. what
am I doing wrong. -- Libby "David Billigmeier" wrote: =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH(" ",A1)) -- Regards, Dave "Frosty 1234" wrote: Have cells with First Last names in them - need last name only. How to delete all characters up to and inlcuding the first blank space from left to right. I am having difficulty because the length of the first name varies... -- Thanks so much |
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Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached
Post the *exact* formula you are trying.
Here's another way to do the same thing: =MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,255) -- Biff Microsoft Excel MVP "Libby" wrote in message ... I am trying this formula and it tells me that I have too few arguments. what am I doing wrong. -- Libby "David Billigmeier" wrote: =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH(" ",A1)) -- Regards, Dave "Frosty 1234" wrote: Have cells with First Last names in them - need last name only. How to delete all characters up to and inlcuding the first blank space from left to right. I am having difficulty because the length of the first name varies... -- Thanks so much |
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Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached
Works for me as written
qwerty asdfgh in A1 =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH(" ",A1)) in B1 returns asdfgh Maybe you have missed something in your tyoing? Try copy/paste from here. Another method you may want to try is DataText to ColumnsDelimited by space. Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 08:08:08 -0700, Libby wrote: I am trying this formula and it tells me that I have too few arguments. what am I doing wrong. |
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Thu, 17 May 2007 10:26:04 -0700 from Frosty 1234 <Frosty1234
@discussions.microsoft.com: Have cells with First Last names in them - need last name only. How to delete all characters up to and inlcuding the first blank space from left to right. I am having difficulty because the length of the first name varies... =MID(A1,1+FIND(" ",A1),999) This will fail if you have any middle names, but it will work with two-word last names like "de Souza". -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached
Tried this too and works as well - except of course on those with middle
names. Really appreciate the fast response. -- Thanks so much "Stan Brown" wrote: Thu, 17 May 2007 10:26:04 -0700 from Frosty 1234 <Frosty1234 @discussions.microsoft.com: Have cells with First Last names in them - need last name only. How to delete all characters up to and inlcuding the first blank space from left to right. I am having difficulty because the length of the first name varies... =MID(A1,1+FIND(" ",A1),999) This will fail if you have any middle names, but it will work with two-word last names like "de Souza". -- Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA http://OakRoadSystems.com/ |
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Answer: Remove Characters Until a Specific Character is Reached
Hi there! I can definitely help you with that. You can use the LEFT and FIND functions in Excel to remove all characters up to and including the first blank space from left to right, regardless of the length of the first name. Here's how:
That's it! Your new column should now display the last names only. Let me know if you have any questions or if there's anything else I can help you with.
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