Find & Delete

[meangreen]

I have a column of names. Some are 'Last, First', but others are 'Last, First / Last, First'. In other words some contain 1 person's full name and the others have 2 peoples full name. I need to go thru the column and delete the "/" and the second persons name when necessary. Is there a quick and easy way to just delete eveything that follows the "/"?

For example:
Here's what I have - John Doe / Jane Doe
Here's what I need - John Doe

 

[arthurbr]

Try selecting the whole column, go to : Data -text to columns - use the "/" as delimiter and don't import the second column

HTH

 

[HalfAce]

Hello meangreen,
I absolutely agree with arthurbr's solution, however I'd take it a step further.
According to your example data, that will make the cells look the way you seem to want,
but... you'll notice the cells that had the extra name before doing the text to columns will
now actually have an extra space after the name that's left.
This may not be a problem, but then again, maybe it could.
Doing text to columns will place the unwanted part of the cell values in column B.
(Go ahead & delete those values.) Then (with a blank column B), in B1 enter: =TRIM(A1).
Copy this down column B. Copy column B, PasteSpecial (as value) and then delete column A.

Hope it helps.