Question : Excel Formula to Parse string from another cell based on a character.

CELL A1 = title(author)
I need to copy author from CELL A1 and place it CELL B1
Also, delete (author) from CELL A1.
The first parenthesis from the left is the character to based the pattern search on.

Answer : Excel Formula to Parse string from another cell based on a character.

Put this formula in B1:

=LEFT(A1,FIND("(",A1)-1)

This one in C1

=RIGHT(A1,LEN(A1)-FIND("(",A1)+1)

Satisfied?

Select columns B&C, do copy --> PasteSpecial Values
Delete column A

Colmun B becomes A
C becomes B

This is the only way to do it if not using VBA.