LinkBack Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #16   Report Post  
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 1
Default Formula to pull first word from text string in a column

Hello,

The =split( cell, "character") function would do this. You'll just have to make sure that you have enough columns to the right to accommodate this split.

For your example, you would need 3 blank columns to the right available.

Assuming cells are listed from A1:A4, to get the type of car, you'll need to split using a space character (" ") using the formula below.

=split(A1, " ")
This will result in
A1 = Suburu WRX in B1 = split(A1,"") and showing in B1 = Suburu C1=WRX

....

=split(A4, " ")
This will result in
A4 = Jeep Grand Cherokee in B1 = split(A4,"") and showing in B4 = Jeep C4=Grand D4 = Cherokee

I hope this helps!
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search
Display Modes

Posting Rules

Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Converting a text word or text string to a number Tom Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 6 January 2nd 09 08:23 PM
pull numbers from text string [email protected] Excel Discussion (Misc queries) 7 March 19th 07 06:04 PM
variable text value within string formula required to sum column Tester Excel Worksheet Functions 2 December 8th 06 01:07 PM
Formula to extract a specific word from text string Dinesh Excel Worksheet Functions 4 November 3rd 06 08:35 PM
Pull last word from a text string in Excel nmp Excel Worksheet Functions 8 September 25th 06 10:13 PM


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 08:33 AM.

Powered by vBulletin® Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright ©2004-2025 ExcelBanter.
The comments are property of their posters.
 

About Us

"It's about Microsoft Excel"