Spilting a column

[Zack]

I am trying to merge mailing spreadsheets, and the one I am building has
first name & last name columns, but my issue is that many of the other
spreadsheets have only one column for a name (smith, bob). Is there a way to
create a method to use the comma in between the "smith, bob" to separate the
data into 2 columns?

 

[Sheeloo]

To get smith use =LEFT(C6,FIND(",",C6)-1)
and to get bob use =RIGHT(C6,FIND(",",C6)-3)

assuming C6 has smith, bob

 

[Gord Dibben]

Data>Text to Columns>Comma delimited


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

 

[David Biddulph]

Data, Text to Columns/ Delimited/ Comma

 

[Zack]

The last name worked, but I still can not get the first name column to
generate. Here is an example of the cell I am working with:
AARON, JERRY L.

 

[David Biddulph]

I think the answer intended may have been something like
=RIGHT(C6,LEN(C6)-FIND(",",C6)-1)

 

[Sheeloo]

Thanks David,

Yes, that was the intent.

Data>Text to Columns>Comma delimited
is a better solution.