How do I seperate a full name field out into three seperate columns?

[Rod]

The name field is in the following format: Abbott, Susan H.


I would like to break it out into three seperate columns like below.

Last Name First Name Middle Initial
Abbott Susan H.

 

[Gary Brown]

Assume:
Full name (Abbott, Susan H.) is in cell A2,
First Name formula is in cell B2.
Last Name formula is in cell C2.
Middle formula Initial is in cell D2.

B2 =LEFT(A2,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",1))-2)

C2 =IF(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"
",""))>=2,MID($A2,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",1))+1,
FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",2))-FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2,"
","~",1))-1),RIGHT($A2,LEN($A2)-FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",1))))

D2 =IF(LEN(A2)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A2," ",""))>=2,RIGHT($A2,LEN($A2) -
FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE($A2," ","~",2))),"")

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[Bob Phillips]

=LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1)

=SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1," "&D1,""),B1&", ","")

=MID(A1,FIND("~",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ",",~",LEN(A1)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"
","")))),99)

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HTH

Bob Phillips

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[jahaglund]

I tried the following with good success:
With full name in A2
B2 =MID(A2,1,FIND(", ",A2,1)-1) for last name
C2 =MID(A2,FIND(" ",A2,1),FIND(" ",A2,1)-2) for first name
D2 =RIGHT(A2,2) for middle initial - could be a problem if there is no
middle initial