[mso] Re: Excel- First Last ---> Last, First

  • From: "Jerome Deyle" <jeromed@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 19:46:30 -0600

Cherie,
When this message came back to me from the group, the last term of the
formula is wrapped.
Here's the last term, in case you need to reconstruct.

(SEARCH(" ",A1)-1)))

HTH
Jerome

> Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 7:38 PM
> To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [mso] Re: Excel- First Last ---> Last, First
>
>
> Is word wrap clipping the end of the formula?
> It works fine on my machine :)
>
> Here it is again, just in case.
>
> =CONCATENATE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH(" ",A1)),", ",LEFT(A1,(SEARCH("
> ",A1)-1)))
>
> Jerome
>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 7:18 PM
> > To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [mso] Re: Excel- First Last ---> Last, First
> >
> >
> > When I paste your formula in ..I get
> >
> > from John Smith
> >
> > to
> >
> > Smith,
> >
> > we are almost there..what is missing?? How do I pick up the first name?
> > thanks
> > C
> >
> > At 11/7/2004, Jerome Deyle said:
> > ----------------------Begin Quote------------------------
> >  >I would add a column to display the "reformatted" names.
> >  >assuming your list starts in cell A1.
> >  >Insert this formula in B1 (the new column):
> >  >
> >  >=CONCATENATE(RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-SEARCH(" ",A1)),", ",LEFT(A1,(SEARCH("
> >  >",A1)-1)))
> >  >
> >  >"John Smith" in cell A1 is displayed as "Smith, John" in cell B1
> >  >
> >  >Jerome

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