delete data in cell after specific character

Question

I have data in cells A1:A1000. It is a list of names followed by a small note, like this:

• sam\" fast
• nick\" long
• tom\" quick

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Answer 1

In case you want to keep your source data, you can also do it with a simple Excel formula in the next column. Assuming that your data is in column A, the following formula will return only the name: =LEFT(A1,SEARCH("""",A1)-1)