how to get the middle name

[Guest]

how can i get the middle name of "fazain iqbal khan"... i can get the last
name by =(a2,len(a2)-search("#", substitute(a2&" "," ","#",2)))... and first
name=right(a2,find(" ",a2))

 

[Harlan Grove]

Roger Govier wrote...

Try
=MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A2,
" ","#",2))-FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A2," ","#",1))-1)

....

Satisfies the OP's specs, but how would it handle George Herbert Walker
Bush? Or Malcolm X? For names like those,

=MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A2,
" ","#",LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2," ",""))))-FIND(" ",A2))

 

[Roger Govier]

Hi

Try
=MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2)+1,FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A2,"
","#",2))-FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A2," ","#",1))-1)

Regards

Roger Govier