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Reversing Strings


Problem:

Converting the full names in column A, formatted "LastName, FirstName" into names formatted "FirstName LastName".

Solution:

Use the RIGHT, LEFT, LEN and FIND text category functions, as follows:
=RIGHT(A2,LEN(A2)-FIND("","",A2)-1)&"" ""&LEFT(A2,FIND("","",A2)-1)

Example:

Full Name_________Result
Seinfeld, Jerry___Jerry Seinfeld
Bush, George______George Bush
Jordan, Michael___Michael Jordan
Bowie, David______David Bowie