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bwsanders Senior Member Joined: 05 Sep 2012 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 177	Topic: LEFT to comma Posted: 04 Jun 2013 at 6:44am
	I have a field that is lastname, first name and i'm looking to get just the last name out of it. is there a way that i can use LEFT and go until the comma? any help would be great. thank you !
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kevlray Admin Group Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1587	Posted: 04 Jun 2013 at 7:21am
	I believe this will work for you. Left ({Name field}, instr({Name field}),",")-1)
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bwsanders Senior Member Joined: 05 Sep 2012 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 177	Posted: 04 Jun 2013 at 7:35am
	it does. thanks. i actually stumbled across it on here after i posted this. google always has a way of getting me through the day. thanks again.
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