Solve problems with splitting names in Excel

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Sub splitname()

Dim name As String
Dim fname As String
Dim lname As String
Dim intoPos As Integer
Dim x As Integer

Worksheets(“sheet1″).Select
x = 2

Do While Cells(x, 1) (does not equal)””
name = Sheet1.Cells(x, 1)
intPos = InStr(name, ” “) ‘ find the comma
fname = Mid(name, intPos + 1) ‘allow for comma and a space

lname = Left(name, intPos – 1)
Sheet1.Cells(x, 2) = lname
Sheet1.Cells(x, 3) = fname
x = x + 1
Loop

End Sub

Sub initials()
Dim r, c As Long
Dim erow As Long
Dim place As Long
Dim add, temp As String
Dim mystring As String
erow = Range(“A” & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
r = 2
c = 3
For r = 2 To erow
fname = Sheet1.Cells(r, 2)
Sheet1.Cells(r, c).Select
‘looking for cells that start with &
If Left(ActiveCell.Value, 1) = “&” Then
mystring = ActiveCell.Value
‘look for the first space after the letter after the &
place = InStr(3, mystring, ” “)
‘ create a string to add to the first name
add = ” ” & Left(mystring, place)
‘adjust the lastname field
temp = Right(mystring, Len(mystring) – place)
ActiveCell.Value = temp
‘add the string to the first name
fname = fname & add
‘assign the new first name to the fist name field
Sheet1.Cells(r, 2) = fname
End If

Next r

End Sub

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