I have data in cells A1:A1000. It is a list of names followed by a small note, like this:
Sub Macro1() For Row = 1 To 1000 S = Range("A" & Row).Cells.Value Pos = InStr(S, Chr(34)) If Pos > 0 Then Range("A" & Row).Cells.Value = Left(S, Pos - 1) Next End Sub