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    How do I split a cell into 3 different cells in excel

    Hi all,

    Can someone please help me in splitting names.

    example 1 "Ben Van Johnson"

    Result should be Ben as first name Ven as Middle name & Johnson as Last name

    example 2
    "Abraham Benjamin de Villiers"

    Result should be Abraham as first name Benjamin as Middle name & de Villiers as Last name.

    Space is the separator here.

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    Re: How do I split a cell into 3 different cells in excel

    Hi there. here's one way...
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    Re: How do I split a cell into 3 different cells in excel

    I should use text to column for that kind of work.

    Excel 2013 => data = > text to column.

    and use the space as seperator.

    Altough this also spits de Villiers in 2 differant cells, which is a welknown problem.
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    Re: How do I split a cell into 3 different cells in excel

    try this

    for first name =LEFT($A$9,FIND(" ",$A$9)-1)
    mid name =MID($A$9,FIND(" ",$A$9),4)
    last name =RIGHT($A$9,FIND(" ",$A$9)+3)

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    Re: How do I split a cell into 3 different cells in excel

    Here's another. This is a formula idea I've borrowed from AlKey. Enter in B1 then fill down and across three columns.
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    Re: How do I split a cell into 3 different cells in excel

    Enter formula in B1 and pull it to the right until you see blanks and down

    =TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE("|"&SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE($A1," ","|",2)," ","|",1),"|",REPT(" ",99)),99*COLUMNS($A:A),99))


    Row\Col
    A
    B
    C
    D
    1
    Ben Ven Johnson Ben Ven Johnson
    2
    Abraham Benjamin de Villers Abraham Benjamin de Villers
    3
    Lawerence P. McDonald Jr. Lawerence P. McDonald Jr.
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