Extract Text From Cells in Excel Advanced - FIND() LEN() LEFT() RIGHT() Functions

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This tutorial will teach you how to extract text from a cell in excel. You will learn how to pull text before or after a certain character or delimiter, such as a dash, a space, or a comma. This will show you how to use the LEFT(), RIGHT(), and MID() functions as well as how to use the LEN() and FIND() functions in excel.

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[MrHelal123]

STEVEN JOHN PAUL GERRARD

MICHAEL JOHN H ANTHONY SMITH

SHAUN H NORMAN

ROGER CLARK

What is the best method/easiest formula to extract any middle names and last names. Can you please give examples of different formulas.

What's the difference between the search and find?

gracias

[ExcelisHell]

The problem with extracting middle names is that they need to be in the same position coming from the left or the right in every cell you are using them on (since it is not efficient to use this on just one cell). There needs to be the same number of spaces before or after the middle name in each entry. Then you can create a formula that looks for the spaces and extracts the middle name that way.

[mazr2006]

when you got to the cell where u wanted to put the Mid function, you typed in "4" and you said it's the starting number. but in fact, it's not. why is it different that " right, left" function?

[ExcelisHell]

It's different because the MID() function needs to know where in the middle of the cell it needs to retrieve text. This means it needs to know the character in the cell where it should start to pull out text and the number of characters from that starting point that it should pull out of that cell.

[rwartim]

Very usefull tutorial! I was stuck with text extraction and this has helped me a lot! Keep up the good work!

[lwxmb19]

You hvae just saved me so much time, cannot thnak you enough

[magyarpinoy]

I've been looking for to exactly this for a long time. This tutorial is a gem and I'm excited by the time this will save from now on. Thank you!!

[MrHelal123]

Can you give an example to get round this

Thank you

[MrHelal123]

Hi,

I have seen many different ways to extract middle names and last names. Some are really confusing to figure out.

Some people use, find and others use search to find a pattern occurring.

What is the best and easiest way/formula to use to extract middle and last names. I guess the first name is pretty easy as everyone seems to extract the first name using the same formula. What if there is 1,2 or more middle names...

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