Split contents in a cell with a formula

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Hi,

I want to split the contents in a cell using a formula. Please help me.

For Example, I have ***PavanKumar*** in A1
I want ***Pavan*** in A1 and ***Kumar*** in B1

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Pavan
 

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you can't split the words those, neither have a fixed length nor have a seperater,

if you want to split each word that begins with a upper case letter, try this

Excel Workbook
ABC
1PavanKumarPavanKumar
2SankaraNarayananSankaraNarayanan
Sheet3
#VALUE!
Entered with Ctrl+Shift+Enter


Where 'lnth' is a name defined as

=LEN($A1)
 
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few keystrokes shorter, with an error checking option,
Excel Workbook
ABCD
1PavanKumarPavanKumar
2SankaraNarayananSankaraNarayanan
Sheet3
#VALUE!


where, names defined as

Code: 
lngth   =ROW(OFFSET(Sheet3!$A$1,,,LEN(Sheet3!$A1)))
lngth1 =ROW(OFFSET(Sheet3!$A$1,,,LEN(Sheet3!$A1)+1))
 
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Is there a way out if I have a space in between the names for example - Pavan Kumar?

I am looking for a small formula. When I give the function Left or Right, it only gets the data from the cell, but does not cut the data from A1.

Please help me. Thanks

Pavan
 
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if you want to replace the values in column A, try Text to column with space as the delimiter
 
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A1 : PavanKumar

B1 :
{=MID(A1,1,MATCH(2,-1/(EXACT(MID(A1,ROW($1:$20),1),LOWER(MID(A1,ROW($1:$20),1)))=FALSE))-1)}

C1 :
=SUBSTITUTE(A1,B1,"")

Regards
Bosco
 
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nagapavan said:
Is there a way out if I have a space in between the names for example - Pavan Kumar?

I am looking for a small formula. When I give the function Left or Right, it only gets the data from the cell, but does not cut the data from A1.

Please help me. Thanks

Pavan
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A1 : Pavan Kumar

B1, copied to C1 :
=TRIM(MID(SUBSTITUTE($A1," ",REPT(" ",50)),COLUMN(A1)*50-49,50))

Regards
Bosco
 
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Hi Pavan

Another option, for both with or without space, similar to Bosco's

In B1:

=LEFT(A1,MATCH(TRUE,CODE(MID(A1,ROW(INDIRECT("2:"&LEN(A1))),1))<97,0))

This is an array formula, you have to confirm it with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.

In C1:

=TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A1,B1,""))

Ex.:


<table border="1" cellpadding="1" style="background:#FFF; border-collapse:collapse;border-width:2px;border-color:#CCCCCC;font-family:Arial,Arial; font-size:10pt" ><tr><th style="border-width:1px;border-color:#888888;background:#9CF " > </th><th style="border-width:1px;border-color:#888888;background:#9CF; text-align:center" >A</th><th style="border-width:1px;border-color:#888888;background:#9CF; text-align:center" >B</th><th style="border-width:1px;border-color:#888888;background:#9CF; text-align:center" >C</th><th style="border-width:1px;border-color:#888888;background:#9CF; text-align:center" width=30 >D</th></tr><tr><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;background:#9CF; text-align:center; " ><b>1</b></td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">PavanKumar</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">Pavan</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">Kumar</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;background:#9CF; text-align:center; " ><b>2</b></td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">Pavan Kumar</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">Pavan</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">Kumar</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;background:#9CF; text-align:center; " ><b>3</b></td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td></tr><tr><td colspan=5 style="background:#9CF; padding-left:1em" > [Book1]Sheet1</td></tr></table>
 
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