Separate data from one cell to two different cell

minrush

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Please let me know how I can separate

11151 Danel Kane (in cell a1)

into

11151 (in cell b1) Danel Kane (in cell b2)

thank you
 

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Lewiy

Well-known Member
Joined
Jan 5, 2007
Messages
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Either:
with the value in A1, in B1 put
Code:
=LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)
for the first bit and in C1:
Code:
=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-LEN(B1)-1)
For the second bit.

Or use Data>Text to Columns
 
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