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Old 02-08-2016, 05:32 PM
BudVitoff BudVitoff is offline Split data from name field Windows 7 64bit Split data from name field Office 2007
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I know I implied that I wouldn't bother you guys any more, but I just couldn't get it out of my mind. Thanks to my DVR, I solved this one first and watched the Superbowl later.

This solution is for the last name. I arbitrarily used A16 for the work row. Basically, it looks for the 1st space and an optional 2nd space. If the 1st space is alone, it takes the rest of the name starting at 1st space+1, otherwise it takes the rest of the name starting at 2nd space +1.

=(MID(A16,(IFERROR(FIND(" ",A16,(FIND(" ",A16)+1)),FIND(" ",A16)))+1,LEN(A16)))

FWIW, I assume that the full name has been pre-processed to preclude redundant or embedded spaces, per my previous little lecture.

Now I want to solve for the Middle Name, now that you appear to have expanded it from Middle Initial. Obviously if you want to stick with a consistent single-letter middle initial without any punctuation or additional letters, the change in the code will be trivial.

Later.

Last edited by BudVitoff; 02-09-2016 at 01:22 PM.
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