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JunRea
Jun 11, 2022Copper Contributor
Extracting first names in a list of names (FIRST NAME MIDDLE INTIAL.)
Good day everyone, I would like to ask if is it possible to get the first names in a list of names with this kind of format (First Name Middle Initial.). Ex. 1. John Eduard B. ...
Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer
Jun 11, 2022Silver Contributor
If you have Office 365, you can make it more readable by using the LET function like this...
=LET(
s,SUBSTITUTE(A2," ",REPT(" ",LEN(A2))),
r,TRIM(RIGHT(s,LEN(A2))),
TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(s,r,""))
)
JunRea
Jun 11, 2022Copper Contributor
Thank you sir. This formula also works.. May I know what is the meaning of letter "r" and "s" in this formula?