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I have a spreadsheet of usernames.



First and Last name are in the same cell, listed in Column A



Is there a formula to take the first 2 letters of the first word and the first 2 letters of second word?



For example John Doe, would become JoDo



I have tried :



=LEFT(A1)&MID(A1,IFERROR(FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1))+1,IFERROR(FIND(" ",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","",1)),LEN(A1))-IFERROR(FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1)))


But this gave me an answer of JoDoe






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I have a spreadsheet of usernames.



First and Last name are in the same cell, listed in Column A



Is there a formula to take the first 2 letters of the first word and the first 2 letters of second word?



For example John Doe, would become JoDo



I have tried :



=LEFT(A1)&MID(A1,IFERROR(FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1))+1,IFERROR(FIND(" ",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","",1)),LEN(A1))-IFERROR(FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1)))


But this gave me an answer of JoDoe






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  • @Tetsujin OP has now included their attempt to solve the issue.
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I have a spreadsheet of usernames.



First and Last name are in the same cell, listed in Column A



Is there a formula to take the first 2 letters of the first word and the first 2 letters of second word?



For example John Doe, would become JoDo



I have tried :



=LEFT(A1)&MID(A1,IFERROR(FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1))+1,IFERROR(FIND(" ",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","",1)),LEN(A1))-IFERROR(FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1)))


But this gave me an answer of JoDoe






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I have a spreadsheet of usernames.



First and Last name are in the same cell, listed in Column A



Is there a formula to take the first 2 letters of the first word and the first 2 letters of second word?



For example John Doe, would become JoDo



I have tried :



=LEFT(A1)&MID(A1,IFERROR(FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1))+1,IFERROR(FIND(" ",SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","",1)),LEN(A1))-IFERROR(FIND(" ",A1),LEN(A1)))


But this gave me an answer of JoDoe






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  • @Tetsujin OP has now included their attempt to solve the issue.
    – PeterH
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  • @PeterH - cool. vote retracted.
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  • @Tetsujin OP has now included their attempt to solve the issue.
    – PeterH
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  • @PeterH - cool. vote retracted.
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@Tetsujin OP has now included their attempt to solve the issue.
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@Tetsujin OP has now included their attempt to solve the issue.
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@PeterH - cool. vote retracted.
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@PeterH - cool. vote retracted.
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Yes; assuming each person only has a First and Last name, and this is always separated by a space you can use the below:



=LEFT(A1,2)&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)


I could only base this answer on those assumptions as it is all you provided.



Or if you want a space to still be included:



=LEFT(A1,2)&" "&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)





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  • @prweq no probs, accept it as correct if it works for you
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This is another way...



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  • A - Name

  • B - =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))






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  • You could go even further and remove all those extra columns by merging them =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))
    – PeterH
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  • Yeah, I did that a few moments after!
    – Stese
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  • yeah I noticed you edited the answer, Nice Answer !
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Yes; assuming each person only has a First and Last name, and this is always separated by a space you can use the below:



=LEFT(A1,2)&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)


I could only base this answer on those assumptions as it is all you provided.



Or if you want a space to still be included:



=LEFT(A1,2)&" "&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)





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  • @prweq no probs, accept it as correct if it works for you
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Yes; assuming each person only has a First and Last name, and this is always separated by a space you can use the below:



=LEFT(A1,2)&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)


I could only base this answer on those assumptions as it is all you provided.



Or if you want a space to still be included:



=LEFT(A1,2)&" "&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)





share|improve this answer





















  • Thank you very much for your answer.
    – prweq
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  • @prweq no probs, accept it as correct if it works for you
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up vote
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Yes; assuming each person only has a First and Last name, and this is always separated by a space you can use the below:



=LEFT(A1,2)&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)


I could only base this answer on those assumptions as it is all you provided.



Or if you want a space to still be included:



=LEFT(A1,2)&" "&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)





share|improve this answer












Yes; assuming each person only has a First and Last name, and this is always separated by a space you can use the below:



=LEFT(A1,2)&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)


I could only base this answer on those assumptions as it is all you provided.



Or if you want a space to still be included:



=LEFT(A1,2)&" "&MID(A1,SEARCH(" ",A1)+1,2)






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  • @prweq no probs, accept it as correct if it works for you
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Thank you very much for your answer.
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Thank you very much for your answer.
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@prweq no probs, accept it as correct if it works for you
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@prweq no probs, accept it as correct if it works for you
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This is another way...



enter image description here




  • A - Name

  • B - =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))






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  • You could go even further and remove all those extra columns by merging them =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))
    – PeterH
    1 hour ago










  • Yeah, I did that a few moments after!
    – Stese
    1 hour ago










  • yeah I noticed you edited the answer, Nice Answer !
    – PeterH
    1 hour ago















up vote
2
down vote













This is another way...



enter image description here




  • A - Name

  • B - =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))






share|improve this answer























  • You could go even further and remove all those extra columns by merging them =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))
    – PeterH
    1 hour ago










  • Yeah, I did that a few moments after!
    – Stese
    1 hour ago










  • yeah I noticed you edited the answer, Nice Answer !
    – PeterH
    1 hour ago













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up vote
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This is another way...



enter image description here




  • A - Name

  • B - =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))






share|improve this answer














This is another way...



enter image description here




  • A - Name

  • B - =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))







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  • You could go even further and remove all those extra columns by merging them =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))
    – PeterH
    1 hour ago










  • Yeah, I did that a few moments after!
    – Stese
    1 hour ago










  • yeah I noticed you edited the answer, Nice Answer !
    – PeterH
    1 hour ago


















  • You could go even further and remove all those extra columns by merging them =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))
    – PeterH
    1 hour ago










  • Yeah, I did that a few moments after!
    – Stese
    1 hour ago










  • yeah I noticed you edited the answer, Nice Answer !
    – PeterH
    1 hour ago
















You could go even further and remove all those extra columns by merging them =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))
– PeterH
1 hour ago




You could go even further and remove all those extra columns by merging them =CONCATENATE(LEFT(A1,2),LEFT(RIGHT(A1,(LEN(A1)-FIND(" ",A1))),2))
– PeterH
1 hour ago












Yeah, I did that a few moments after!
– Stese
1 hour ago




Yeah, I did that a few moments after!
– Stese
1 hour ago












yeah I noticed you edited the answer, Nice Answer !
– PeterH
1 hour ago




yeah I noticed you edited the answer, Nice Answer !
– PeterH
1 hour ago










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