Returning variable value

[Chloe75]

Hello, I have the below text that I would like to extract the person's name (highlighted in bold) who is responsible for "Markup Changes" .. essentially this is the second instance of "responsibility of"


Cell text looks like this

variable text (Responsibility of: surname, firstname, due 13/02/2018 at 10:00 AM (x days, x hours, x minutes)) Insurance Renewal - Markup Changes (Responsibility of: surname, firstname, ....)

The person's name will vary but every line will include the text Markup Changes (Responsibility of: x)

Hoping someone can please assist with a formula to do this.

Many thanks.

 

[pvr928]

Hi Cloe75

Assuming your text is in Column A, place the following formula in the cells where indicated:

Helper Column (cell B1)

=RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-(SEARCH("Markup Changes ",A1)+LEN("Markup Changes "))))

firstname (cell C1)

=TRIM(MID(B1,SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),3)),((SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),4))-1)-SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),3)))))

surname (cell D1)

=TRIM(MID(B1,(SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),2))),(((SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),3)))-1)-(SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),2))))))

Then copy the range B1:D1 down for as long as there is text in Column A.

Thanks to @Aladin Akyurek for finding out the nth space in a line of text: https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/72148-formula-find-nth-space-text-string.html

My proposed solution may not be as elegant as a UDF but it works on your example.

Cheers

pvr928

 

[Chloe75]

Hi Cloe75

Assuming your text is in Column A, place the following formula in the cells where indicated:

Helper Column (cell B1)

=RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-(SEARCH("Markup Changes ",A1)+LEN("Markup Changes "))))

firstname (cell C1)

=TRIM(MID(B1,SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),3)),((SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),4))-1)-SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),3)))))

surname (cell D1)

=TRIM(MID(B1,(SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),2))),(((SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),3)))-1)-(SEARCH(CHAR(127),SUBSTITUTE(B1," ",CHAR(127),2))))))

Then copy the range B1:D1 down for as long as there is text in Column A.

Thanks to @Aladin Akyurek for finding out the nth space in a line of text: https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/72148-formula-find-nth-space-text-string.html

My proposed solution may not be as elegant as a UDF but it works on your example.

Cheers

pvr928

Hello pvr928

Thank you kindly your solution worked a treat!

Very much appreciated.

Chloe

 

[pvr928]

You're welcome.

Cheers

pvr928