I have a small problem and I hoped someone here could help me, because I'm not very good with Excel.
I have this formula
=TRIM(MID(A1,FIND(",",A1)+1,1000))&" "&LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1)
And I need a formula that will do this for me:
I have John, Smith; Alexander, Grimes and with the formula it will turn into Smith John; Grimes Alexander
PS: I don't want to necessarily lose the comma, but in most of the formulas I found, It would turn John, Smith into John Smith,.
Can anyone help?
Last edited by alexxshadows; 11-14-2012 at 02:36 PM.
in b5 cell John, Smith
=RIGHT(B5,LEN(B5)-FIND(",",B5,1))&", "&LEFT(B5,FIND(",",B5,1)-1)
Output: Smith, John
This did what the other formula did even though I really appreciate the help... I just wanted to know if it's possible to do it with two names in a cell, and switch the names, but keep the ;
OOps I am sorry
Now I am looking for that
=right(b9,len(b9)-find(";",b9,1))&"; "&left(b9,find(";",b9,1)-1)
I feel so bad for bothering you :/ This won't do it for me either, it gives me #VALUE!
=TRIM(MID(C9,FIND(",",C9,1)+2,FIND(";",C9,1)-FIND(",",C9,1)-2)&" "&LEFT(C9,FIND(",",C9,1)-1)&"; "&RIGHT(C9,LEN(C9)-FIND(",",C9,FIND(",",C9,1)+1)-1)&" "&MID(C9,FIND(";",C9,1)+1,FIND(",",C9,FIND(",",C9,1)+1)-FIND(";",C9,1)-1))
Outcome: Smith John; Grimes Alexander
Thank you SO much for taking the time to fix this! It does solve 80% of my problem.
It's only that I have a lot of files and many are also, like, Smith, John and I'd need it to do both this and what the formula above does, and I realize it's a lot, and for now it does everything it needs but if anyone ever has the time, I'd appreciate it
The formula above separates each word and then concatenates them according to your guidance.
Yes, that's right, I fixed it now, sorry. Thank you so much again!
what if i have john, smith;alexander, grimes? i think the space changed the formula because now it changes but minues one letter
Sorry, tried from another computer and it worked.
Happy to know that it works.Originally Posted by alexxshadows
Sorry for wrong answers in the beginning
Good luck
Happy to know that it works.
Sorry for wrong answers in the beginning
Good luck
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