How I separate first two letters of the sentence in msexcel

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Ubaid Yousuf - 16 May 2008 21:10 GMT

I have a name and address of the person in one cell of the ms excel sheet
and I like to separate name and address in two cells by using any command.
like shown

I have ;
"Zarina Nawabe, FL No.72ohra Classic,317/1- A,Brftto" in one cell.
and I like;
"Zarina Nawabe" and "FL No.72ohra Classic,317/1- A,Brftto" in two
cells.

Please give me some commands to how to do it in msexcel?

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Mike H - 16 May 2008 21:20 GMT

Hi,

First name
=LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1,1)-1)
Second bit
=MID(A1,FIND(",",A1,1)+2,LEN(A1))

You may have to adjust the +2 to allow for spaces

Mike

> I have a name and address of the person in one cell of the ms excel sheet
> and I like to separate name and address in two cells by using any command.
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>
> Please give me some commands to how to do it in msexcel?

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PCLIVE - 16 May 2008 21:23 GMT

One way,

If your data was in A1:

First cell:
=LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1)

Second Cell:
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND(",",A1)-1)

HTH,
Paul

>I have a name and address of the person in one cell of the ms excel sheet
> and I like to separate name and address in two cells by using any
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> Please give me some commands to how to do it in msexcel?

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