Splitting names

zugfrig

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ive googled how to split names from one cell (full name) into two cells (first name and last name)

seems so simple but i keep getting the #value error


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samples can be seen here http://thepremiershipclub.wixsite.com/2017/test
 

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samples can be seen here

Hi, it's better to post your samples directly to the forum rather than putting images on external sites, but maybe the space in your name is not a normal space - to help diagnose, if you put this in a spare cell, what does it return?

=UNICODE(MID(A2,5,1))
 
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seems so simple but i keep getting the #value error

test
samples can be seen here http://thepremiershipclub.wixsite.com/2017/test
Unfortunately, you posted a picture of your data rather than a copy/paste of your data, so we cannot do any tests for you. Where did you get the names from? If you copy/pasted them from a web page, perhaps your spaces are not normal ASCII 32 spaces, but rather are non-breaking ASCII 160 spaces. A quick test to see if this is the case would be to give this formula a try and see if it works or not...

=LEFT(A2,FIND(CHAR(160),A2)-1)
 
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hi it came back with 160 for the first posts suggestions

it came back with the persons first name for the second posts suggestions (how do i do the same for the last name please)
 
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