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Old February 9th, 2010, 01:46 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Lupe
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Hi,
I have a list of names comprised like this:
Cook, Mr. M.S.
Marty, Miss M.S.R.
Constant, Mrs. R.G.L.
We only have Mr., Miss and Mrs.

I need to extract these into last name, title and initials:
Col1 Col2 Col3
Cook Mr. M.S.

Thanks for your usual cooperation



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Old February 9th, 2010, 01:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
eduardo
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Default Extract portions of text

Hi,
use text to columns, fixed with and select where you want the columns to be

"Lupe" wrote:

Hi,
I have a list of names comprised like this:
Cook, Mr. M.S.
Marty, Miss M.S.R.
Constant, Mrs. R.G.L.
We only have Mr., Miss and Mrs.

I need to extract these into last name, title and initials:
Col1 Col2 Col3
Cook Mr. M.S.

Thanks for your usual cooperation



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Old February 9th, 2010, 01:57 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Jacob Skaria
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Default Extract portions of text

From menu
DataText to Columns'Delimited'SpaceNextFinish

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Jacob


"Lupe" wrote:

Hi,
I have a list of names comprised like this:
Cook, Mr. M.S.
Marty, Miss M.S.R.
Constant, Mrs. R.G.L.
We only have Mr., Miss and Mrs.

I need to extract these into last name, title and initials:
Col1 Col2 Col3
Cook Mr. M.S.

Thanks for your usual cooperation



 




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