Extract a word starting from Right

Colleen45

Colleen45

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How would I extract the first word starting from the right, The word will be variable so I'm not sure if RIGHT function will work here. I was thinking maybe extracting all the characters starting from the right until it comes accross the first "space", but not sure which function/formula to use.
 

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Peter (Vog), I battled on yours, Obviosly (me) doing something wrong

Richard , yours worked well
Thankyou both for your help

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