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Old November 18th, 2003, 04:26 AM
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Default Name conversion

I have a spreadsheet that is updated by multiple users.
When they enter their names they enter it in the format
(first_name Last_name). Does anyone know how I could
convert this entry to the format (Last_name,first_name)?
I would really appreciate your help.
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Old November 18th, 2003, 04:35 AM
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Default Name conversion

Assuming your first entry is in A1 and your names are always in the format
you described, you can use the following:

=MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,999) & ", " & LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)

and fill down to the end of your list.

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I have a spreadsheet that is updated by multiple users.
When they enter their names they enter it in the format
(first_name Last_name). Does anyone know how I could
convert this entry to the format (Last_name,first_name)?
I would really appreciate your help.



 




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