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leave only first letter of last name
I tried to search for this solution on the web, but finally gave up.
Here's what I want to do In a cell I have a users First and Lastname (yes both in the same cell). I'd like to end up with Firstname and first letter of Lastname (don't have to still be in a single cell, but would be nice). So go from: Ima User to Ima U Thanks for your help |
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Assuming data is in A1 down,
Try in B1: =LEFT(A1,LEN(TRIM(A1))-SEARCH(" ",TRIM(A1))+1) Copy down -- Rgds Max xl 97 --- GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom ---- wrote in message oups.com... I tried to search for this solution on the web, but finally gave up. Here's what I want to do In a cell I have a users First and Lastname (yes both in the same cell). I'd like to end up with Firstname and first letter of Lastname (don't have to still be in a single cell, but would be nice). So go from: Ima User to Ima U Thanks for your help |
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That worked on maybe 25% of the names I have.
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Maybe you could post/paste some sample data (to cover as full a range of the
different variations as possible), and the expected results. I'm sure you'll get much better suggestions .. -- Rgds Max xl 97 --- GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom ---- wrote in message oups.com... That worked on maybe 25% of the names I have. |
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In the interim, guess you could also try this:
=LEFT(TRIM(A1),SEARCH(" ",TRIM(A1))-1)&" "&MID(TRIM(A1),SEARCH(" ",TRIM(A1))+1,1) Let me know how many percent is achieved with the above <g -- Rgds Max xl 97 --- GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom ---- wrote in message oups.com... That worked on maybe 25% of the names I have. |
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Trash the earlier convolution, sorry
Just try in B1: =LEFT(TRIM(A1),SEARCH(" ",TRIM(A1))+1) -- Rgds Max xl 97 --- GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom ---- |
#7
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SWEET! That's 100%! Thanks Max ... you rock!
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Glad to hear that it worked!
Thanks for the feedback .. -- Rgds Max xl 97 --- GMT+8, 1° 22' N 103° 45' E xdemechanik <atyahoo<dotcom ---- wrote in message oups.com... SWEET! That's 100%! Thanks Max ... you rock! |
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