Extract first name, multiple middle names, & last name into columns in Google Sheets/Excel

Learn how to extract the first name, multiple middle names, and last name from a cell. Those names will show up in their own columns. These data cleaning formulas for names accounts for names where there are multiple middle names (with multiple spaces). There's no need for the text-to-columns feature which you need to run every time you want to get the proper first name, middle name(s), and last name from a list of full names. * Intro - 0:00 * Insert blank intermediate calculation columns - 0:38 * Formula for number of spaces - 1:28 * Formula for 1st space position - 2:36 * Formula to replace last space with special character - 3:30 * Formula last space position - 5:19 * Formula for first name - 6:04 * Formula for middle name(s) - 6:55 * Formula for last name - 9:10 👉 Copy the Google Sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_9YkPijRNfbX7VXVfn… 👉 Subscribe to Dear Analyst: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dear-analyst/id14550… 👉 Follow on Instagram: instagram.com/dear.analyst 👉 Original blog post for this podcast episode: www.thekeycuts.com/dear-analyst-75-how-to-extract-… 👉 Excel for the Real World online class: skl.sh/2lsi6up

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