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rttaksali@gmail.com - 29 Nov 2007 05:41 GMT
Hi there,

I have a table column of first and the last name e.g.
A1 Rashi Gadia
A2 Monty Smart
A3 Ramy Daddy

I want to create a formula such that the in cell b1 is RG.  i.e. I
want to capture the first character of the word.

Thanks for your help...

Bye

Rashi
T. Valko - 29 Nov 2007 05:59 GMT
Try this:

=LEFT(A1)&MID(A1,FIND(" ",A1)+1,1)

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