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mvgust
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New Column with Last Name First Initial

I've got a column lastname,firstname (no space after comma) and I need to add a new column based on the full name column but I need lastname,firstletter where first letter is the first letter in the firstname.

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az38
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hi @mvgust 

try this

Column = LEFT([Column1], SEARCH(",",[Column1])) & MID([Column1],SEARCH(",",[Column1])+1, 1)

do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
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az38
Community Champion
Community Champion

hi @mvgust 

try this

Column = LEFT([Column1], SEARCH(",",[Column1])) & MID([Column1],SEARCH(",",[Column1])+1, 1)

do not hesitate to give a kudo to useful posts and mark solutions as solution
LinkedIn

Awesome, thank you!

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