I've been handed a data set with 70,000 entries - that were put together by someone lacking vision and understanding. They put in Column A the employees' entire name - in varying forms - and we need to extract it all. in to new cells for first, middle initial/name, last, suffix.
Below is an example of things we've seen:
Excel 2016 (Mac) 32 bit
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Below is an example of things we've seen:
Excel 2016 (Mac) 32 bit
D | |
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8 | Jeff Smith |
9 | Joe G. Smith |
10 | Jerry G. Smith Jr. |
11 | Scott Smith Jr. |
12 | Joe Gerald Smith |
13 | Thomas F. Gerber |
14 | Thomas Jackson |
15 | George M. St. Clair Jr. |
16 |
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Sheet1
I know it's not a lot to go off of, but if anyone has any suggestions on how to start, it would be appreciated.