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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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hi @mvgust
try this
Column = LEFT([Column1], SEARCH(",",[Column1])) & MID([Column1],SEARCH(",",[Column1])+1, 1)
Awesome, thank you!
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