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tip: how to extract the last word or last name in a cell

 
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rajaiskandarshah
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 10:28 pm    Post subject: tip: how to extract the last word or last name in a cell Reply with quote
If you need to extract the last word or last name in a cell, you can use the following formula

=RIGHT(C1;LEN(C1)-FIND("*";SUBSTITUTE(C1;" ";"*";LEN(C1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(C1;" ";"")))))

i have an explanation of the formula on my blog:
http://software.krimnet.com/open-source/how-extract-last-word-or-name-a-cell-using-openofficeorg.htm

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PostPosted: Fri Oct 31, 2008 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cool Very smart. Thank you very much.
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