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Updated | November 12, 2024

Extract the First Word from a Text String

Extract the First Word from a Text String

The following formula extracts the first word from the text string in B3...

=TEXTBEFORE(B3," ")

For earlier versions of Excel...

=LEFT(B3,FIND(" ",B3)-1)

Based on the sample data, the formula returns "Caress".

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