Simulate string split function in Excel formula

Question

I am trying to split a string in an excel formula, something like I can do in many programming languages, e.g.

string words = \"some text\".split(\' \');
         


        

Answer 1

The following returns the first word in cell A1 when separated by a space (works in Excel 2003):

=LEFT(A1, SEARCH(" ",A1,1))