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Formula for transposing lastname,firstname to firstinitial 1

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ipcm

ipcm

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Aug 10, 2006
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I need help with a Formula

I have A "physician" field with Lastname, firstname I need to convert this to Lastname, Initial.

 
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Try:

trim(split({table.field},",")[1]) + ", " + left(trim(split({table.field},",")[2]),1)

-k
 
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Thank you very much..It worked..God Bless
 
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