The following formula are useful when you have one cell containing text which needs
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to be split up.
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One of the most common examples of this is when a persons Forename and Surname
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are entered in full into a cell.
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The formula use various text functions to accomplish the task.
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Each of the techniques uses the space between the names to identify where to split.
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Finding the First Name
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Full Name
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First Name
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Alan Jones
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Alan
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=LEFT(C14,FIND(" ",C14,1))
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Bob Smith
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Bob
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=LEFT(C15,FIND(" ",C15,1))
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Carol Williams
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Carol
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=LEFT(C16,FIND(" ",C16,1))
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Finding the Last Name
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Full Name
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Last Name
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Alan Jones
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Jones
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=RIGHT(C22,LEN(C22)-FIND(" ",C22))
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Bob Smith
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Smith
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=RIGHT(C23,LEN(C23)-FIND(" ",C23))
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Carol Williams
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Williams
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=RIGHT(C24,LEN(C24)-FIND(" ",C24))
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Finding the Last name when a Middle name is present
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The formula above cannot handle any more than two names.
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If there is also a middle name, the last name formula will be incorrect.
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To solve the problem you have to use a much longer calculation.
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Full Name
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Last Name
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Alan David Jones
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Jones
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Bob John Smith
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Smith
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Carol Susan Williams
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Williams
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=RIGHT(C37,LEN(C37)-FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(C37," ","#",LEN(C37)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(C37," ","")))))
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Finding the Middle name
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Full Name
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Middle Name
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Alan David Jones
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David
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Bob John Smith
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John
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Carol Susan Williams
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Susan
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=LEFT(RIGHT(C45,LEN(C45)-FIND(" ",C45,1)),FIND(" ",RIGHT(C45,LEN(C45)-FIND(" ",C45,1)),1))
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Excel
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Split Forename and Surname
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