How do I seperate a full name field out into three seperate columns?

R

Rod

The name field is in the following format: Abbott, Susan H.


I would like to break it out into three seperate columns like below.

Last Name First Name Middle Initial
Abbott Susan H.
 
G

Gary Brown

Assume:
Full name (Abbott, Susan H.) is in cell A2,
First Name formula is in cell B2.
Last Name formula is in cell C2.
Middle formula Initial is in cell D2.

B2 =LEFT(A2,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",1))-2)

C2 =IF(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"
",""))>=2,MID($A2,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",1))+1,
FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",2))-FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2,"
","~",1))-1),RIGHT($A2,LEN($A2)-FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",1))))

D2 =IF(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2," ",""))>=2,RIGHT($A2,LEN($A2) -
FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",2))),"")

Watch the wrapping in this post.
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HTH,
Gary Brown
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B

Bob Phillips

=LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1)

=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1," "&D1,""),B1&", ","")

=MID(A1,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",",~",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
","")))),99)

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HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)
 
J

jahaglund

I tried the following with good success:
With full name in A2
B2 =MID(A2,1,FIND(", ",A2,1)-1) for last name
C2 =MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2,1),FIND(" ",A2,1)-2) for first name
D2 =RIGHT(A2,2) for middle initial - could be a problem if there is no
middle initial
 

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