» Extracting the First N Number of Words from a String
CATEGORY - Excel Text Formulas
VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions
Extracting the first three words from each of the strings in column A.
Solution:
Use the TRIM, LEFT, FIND, and SUBSTITUTE functions as shown in the following formula:
=TRIM(LEFT(A2,FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A2)&" "," ","^",3))-1))
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Good tip but it won't work properly if the text you work on has variable spacing between words. I think you might find the following works better:
[B]=LEFT(TRIM(A2),FIND("^",SUBSTITUTE(TRIM(A2)&" "," ","^",3))-1)[/B]
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