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    Extract last word

    have a field that contains Salutation, forename & surname e.g Mr John Smith
    I Want to extract the Surname to a new field

    Is there a function for this

    thanks in advance
    blackcat

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    Re: Extract last word

    =trim(right(substitute(a1," ",rept(" ",40)),20))
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    Re: Extract last word

    can anyone walk me through what is actually happening here. i wanted the first word so i changed right to left and it worked like a charm but like to understand why.

    thanks

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