How to pick 1st word

Salamullah

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Hi

I want a formula to pick 1st word from the sentence , please help



Jack & Jill = Jack
Please come = Please
Gross Margin = Gross
 

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Hi,

If the 1st word is Always defined before the 1st space:


Book1
AB
1Jack & JillJack
2Please comePlease
3Gross MarginGross
Sheet709
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
 
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Edit: Ooops, hadn't seen jtakw's post.
However, I've included an extra bit so it still returns the first word even if there is only 1 word in the cell.

.. or just
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1&" ")-1)
 
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