First Word In Cell


Posted by Armando on January 07, 2002 1:20 PM

What is the formula so that I get the first word in a cell that has 10 words. Thanks

Posted by Aladin Akyurek on January 07, 2002 1:23 PM

If space separates words,

=LEFT(F2,FIND(" ",F2)-1)

otherwise replace " " the delimiter that you have like ",".

Aladin



Posted by Scott on January 07, 2002 1:27 PM

Try this:

=LEFT(A1,(SEARCH(" ",A1)-1))