Extracting multiple names from a cell

[Cleland]

Hi All,

I have a spreadhseet with a column that contains contact names. The cells contain multiple names (between 2 and 4 names in each cell) e.g 'Mr J Smith, Mrs A Brown, Miss J White'. I need to write a formula to extract all of the names into seperate cells.

I've managed to extract the first name using the following formula

=LEFT(text, SUM(FIND(",",text)-1))

With the above example, this would give me 'Mr J Smith'

I'm struggling to then extract the second/third/fourth names into seperate cells. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Tom

[benishiryo]

hi Tom. assuming text is in A1, you can try:
=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE($A1,",",REPT(" ",100)),1+((COLUMN(A1)-1)*100),100))

[Kevin UK]

Where did you get that formula from!

If they are all like your examples:
A1 = Mr J Smith
In B1: =LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
In C1: =MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1)-1-FIND(" ",A1))
In D1: =RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1))

Or use Text to Columns on the Data Tab

[Cleland]

Or use Text to Columns on the Data Tab

Haha. Thanks. That's great!

[Cleland]

Thanks both for your help.
Tom

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