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Old 08-16-2006, 06:43 AM
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Hi, I want to know more about Mid function

Suppose there is a praticular name "David Jonathan Anthony" So I want only the two initials of first name and complete last name to be extracted. So it should read as "D A Anthony" and names could always change, Cud be "Sujit Shukla", "Sunil Satyadhar Shukla". Any suggestion.
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Hi, I want to know more about Mid function

Suppose there is a praticular name "David Jonathan Anthony" So I want only the two initials of first name and complete last name to be extracted. So it should read as "D A Anthony" and names could always change, Cud be "Sujit Shukla", "Sunil Satyadhar Shukla". Any suggestion.
Hi sujit_shukla,

The following formula doesn't use the MID function, but suprisingly it does do what you want. It the longest formula I've ever created - is it a record?

Put your data in A8, then this in B8

=IF(IF(IF(ISERROR(SEARCH(" ",RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1)),0,SEARCH(" ",RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1))=0,"",LEFT(RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1))="",LEFT(A8,1)&" "&RIGHT(RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)-IF(ISERROR(SEARCH(" ",RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1)),0,SEARCH(" ",RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1))),LEFT(A8,1)&" "&IF(IF(ISERROR(SEARCH(" ",RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1)),0,SEARCH(" ",RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1))=0,"",LEFT(RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1))&" "&RIGHT(RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)-IF(ISERROR(SEARCH(" ",RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1)),0,SEARCH(" ",RIGHT(A8,LEN(A8)-SEARCH(" ",A8,1)),1))))

Copy and paste, don't try to type it!

There must be a way to shorten it, if anybody can let me know please
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Hi,

Would this not work

=UPPER(LEFT(A8,2))&" "&RIGHT(TRIM(A8),LEN(TRIM(A8))
-IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1)),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1)))

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Would this not work

=UPPER(LEFT(A8,2))&" "&RIGHT(TRIM(A8),LEN(TRIM(A8))
-IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1)),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1)))

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Hello VBA Noob,

No I can't get it to work, it gives the first and second letter of the first name and the surname, try on

Hello VBA Noob and you get "HE Noob"

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Old 09-19-2006, 05:24 PM
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Hi oldchippy,

Is that what he wanted ??

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Suppose there is a praticular name "David Jonathan Anthony" So I want only the two initials of first name and complete last name to be extracted
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You’re absolutely right, I can’t see for looking. Oh well if you ever need to extract the first letter of the first and second names + last name at least you'll know where to find it.

Thanks for pointing it out

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Old 09-19-2006, 06:09 PM
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Hi,

This is shorter by 288 characters

=IF(LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A8),CHAR(32),CHAR(32)&CHAR(32)))-LEN(TRIM(A8))+1>2,
LEFT(A8,1)&" "&UPPER(MID(A8,FIND(" ",A8,1)+1,1))&" "&RIGHT(TRIM(A8),LEN(TRIM(A8))
-IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1)),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1))),LEFT(A8,1)
&" "&RIGHT(TRIM(A8),LEN(TRIM(A8))
-IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1)),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1))))

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No sorry, still throw up an error, now coming up with

H V BA Noob

I think it needs those additional 288 characters

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What text are you using to get H V BA Noob

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Interesting

My formula returns H V Noob the same as yours not H V BA Noob

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Old 09-19-2006, 06:44 PM
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????? How many characters does your formula have, I get it to 438?
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I got 443 but that was with the ' at the start.

Try this without indents

=IF(LEN(SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A8),CHAR(32),CHAR(32)&CHAR(32)))-LEN(TRIM(A8))+1>2,LEFT(A8,1)&" "&UPPER(MID(A8,FIND(" ",A8,1)+1,1))&" "&RIGHT(TRIM(A8),LEN(TRIM(A8))-IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1)),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1))),LEFT(A8,1)&" "&RIGHT(TRIM(A8),LEN(TRIM(A8))-IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1)),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),FIND(" ",TRIM(A8),1)+1))))

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Hooray, well done. How come, where did the indents come from?
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I still only get LEN to equal 439 including ' but it doesn't count that character
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