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Cell W3= Smith, Joseph
=LEFT(W3,FIND(" ",W3)-1) gives me the left text including ,. =RIGHT(W3,LEN(W3)-FIND(" ",W3,1)) gives me the last word in the string. The end result Im trying to get is Smith, J Looking for a way to pull the first letter after the comma and concatenate that into the left formula Direction appreciated. Arturo |
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=LEFT(W3,FIND(" ",W3)+1)
-- Gary's Student "Arturo" wrote: Cell W3= Smith, Joseph =LEFT(W3,FIND(" ",W3)-1) gives me the left text including ,. =RIGHT(W3,LEN(W3)-FIND(" ",W3,1)) gives me the last word in the string. The end result Im trying to get is Smith, J Looking for a way to pull the first letter after the comma and concatenate that into the left formula Direction appreciated. Arturo |
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