VBA to split name ?

[PAkerly]

I have a field, fullname that I want to split into 2 fields.

fullname looks like this:
SMITH, ADAM J
DOWNS, RONNY A
SMITH, DERECK

I want to split it into
Smith
Adam

Downs
Ronny

how can I do this?

 

[John W. Vinson]

I have a field, fullname that I want to split into 2 fields.

fullname looks like this:
SMITH, ADAM J
DOWNS, RONNY A
SMITH, DERECK

I want to split it into
Smith
Adam

Downs
Ronny

how can I do this?

Surname: Left([fullname], InStr([fullname], ",") - 1
Firstname: Trim(Mid([fullname], InStr([fullname], ",") + 1))

The latter will put "ADAM J" into Firstname; bear in mind that some people
have two-word first names such as "DAISY MAE" or "BOBBI JO". If you want to
ignore their preference and truncate their name, use

Left(Trim(Mid([fullname], InStr([fullname], ",") + 1)),
InStr(Trim(Mid([fullname], InStr([fullname], ",") + 1)), " ") - 1)
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[Mike Painter]

I have a field, fullname that I want to split into 2 fields.

fullname looks like this:
SMITH, ADAM J
DOWNS, RONNY A
SMITH, DERECK

I want to split it into
Smith
Adam

Downs
Ronny

how can I do this?

The best way is to use the split command.