I need to copy half of the info in a cell...
 

I am trying to make a song book after importing data into Excel. The title
of the song and the artist are in the same cell, seperated by a double space.
Is there a formula that can copy the info after the double space? I can
replace the double space with a special character if there is a formula that
can read for it.

I need to copy half of the info in a cell...
 

Hi
The first Characters:
=LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,1)-1)
The Second Characters:
=MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,1)+2,100)

Formula search always looks for double space, but if there is non, the
formula will return value error.
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Greatly appreciated

Eva


"BoDuke1028" wrote:

I am trying to make a song book after importing data into Excel. The title
of the song and the artist are in the same cell, seperated by a double space.
Is there a formula that can copy the info after the double space? I can
replace the double space with a special character if there is a formula that
can read for it.

I need to copy half of the info in a cell...
 

One way is to use the Text to columns facility.

After pasting your data into column A for instance - highlight only column A
data then - data - text to columns - delimited - select space only - next -
format as text - finish


--
Russell Dawson
Excel Student

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"BoDuke1028" wrote:

I am trying to make a song book after importing data into Excel. The title
of the song and the artist are in the same cell, seperated by a double space.
Is there a formula that can copy the info after the double space? I can
replace the double space with a special character if there is a formula that
can read for it.

I need to copy half of the info in a cell...
 

Eva, thank you so much for your help! The first formula worked, I was able
to get the artist seperate in a different column, but the 2nd formula came
back as #VALUE!.

"Eva" wrote:

Hi
The first Characters:
=LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,1)-1)
The Second Characters:
=MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,1)+2,100)

Formula search always looks for double space, but if there is non, the
formula will return value error.
--
Please click "yes" if this post helped you!

Greatly appreciated

Eva


"BoDuke1028" wrote:

I am trying to make a song book after importing data into Excel. The title
of the song and the artist are in the same cell, seperated by a double space.
Is there a formula that can copy the info after the double space? I can
replace the double space with a special character if there is a formula that
can read for it.

I need to copy half of the info in a cell...
 

Nevermind, I just figured it out, thanks!!!

"BoDuke1028" wrote:

Eva, thank you so much for your help! The first formula worked, I was able
to get the artist seperate in a different column, but the 2nd formula came
back as #VALUE!.

"Eva" wrote:

Hi
The first Characters:
=LEFT(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,1)-1)
The Second Characters:
=MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1,1)+2,100)

Formula search always looks for double space, but if there is non, the
formula will return value error.
--
Please click "yes" if this post helped you!

Greatly appreciated

Eva


"BoDuke1028" wrote:

I am trying to make a song book after importing data into Excel. The title
of the song and the artist are in the same cell, seperated by a double space.
Is there a formula that can copy the info after the double space? I can
replace the double space with a special character if there is a formula that
can read for it.