Can I divide a column at the first "space" occurance

[jv]

I have a Column that is currently set up as follows:

jones john & sharon

I want to divide the column and make two colums like:

Column one = Jones
Column Two= & Sharon

 

[Myrna Larson]

And what has happened to "John"? Eliminated?

 

[James]

You can use Text to Columns to do this. Go to Data - Text to Columns and
follow the instructions

James

 

[jv]

John would stay in the first column

And what has happened to "John"? Eliminated?

 

[jv]

The space isn't in the same position in each row.

JV

 

[ilanr01]

Assuming your text is in A1
In B1 enter =LEFT(A1,FIND("&",A1,1)-1) to get jones john
In C1 enter =MID(A1,FIND("&",A1,1),LEN(A1)-FIND("&",A1,1)+1) to get &
Sharon
Ilan

 

[Myrna Larson]

If you use Data/Text to Columns, with the delimiter as "&". That will give you

"Jones John " in column 1 and " Sharon" in column 2

But that leaves you leading and trailing spaces. If you first use Search and
Replace to replace " & " with "&", then Text to Columns, that will take care
of that issue

John would stay in the first column

And what has happened to "John"? Eliminated?

 

[jv]

Thank you so much. That worked for me
JV