Extracting name from string - training comma

[Nyanko]

Hi,

This seemed like a fairly simple task and I have gotten 99% of it apart from a small issue.

My original data is stored

Surname, Firstname
Smith, John

and I'm looking to change (via formulas only) to

Initial Surname
J Smith

I'm using the following formula

=LEFT(TRIM(IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",G4,1)),G4,MID(G4,FIND(" ",G4,1)+1,IF(ISERROR(FIND(" ",G4,FIND(",",G4,1)+2)),LEN(G4),FIND(" ",G4,FIND(",",G4,1)+2))-FIND(" ",G4,1)))))&" "&LEFT(G4,FIND(", ",G4&" "))

But I end up with
J Smith,

and it's that **** comma at the end I can't figure out how to get rid of Any help ?




edit - Dammit I meant to call the thread TRAILING comma not TRAINING. I can't figure out how to change

 

[Richard Schollar]

Here's one way:
<b>Excel 2002</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">Surname, Firstname</td><td style=";">F Surname</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style=";">Smith, John</td><td style=";">J Smith</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B1</th><td style="text-align:left">=LEFT(<font color="Blue">TRIM(<font color="Red">MID(<font color="Green">SUBSTITUTE(<font color="Purple">A1,",",REPT(<font color="Teal">" ",50</font>)</font>),50,50</font>)</font>)</font>)&" "&LEFT(<font color="Blue">A1,FIND(<font color="Red">",",A1</font>)-1</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[Nyanko]

As always I stand in awe