» Separating First and Last Names Using Formulas
CATEGORY - Excel Editing
VERSION - All Microsoft Excel Versions
The formula that extracts the first name is:
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1))
The formula that extracts the last name is:
=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,LEN(A1))
The FIND formula returns the starting position of one text string within another text string.

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