Text String Separation

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TexasLegend

Is there a function opposite of "CONCATENATE"? I have a list of names
with the first and last names in the same cell. Doesn't do well if you
want to sort by last name. I diregress, rather than re-typing the whole
list I would like to know if anyone knows how to split the string at a
'space'.

Thanks for your help.
 
Data>Text to columns
See HELP for more details, if it is not self-explanatory already
 
You can use the Text To Columns tool on the Data menu.


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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
 
Maybe you could use
Data|Text to columns
delimited (by space)

But watch out for 3 name names: John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 
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