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Stripping apart first name, middle initial, last name from a string variable

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Problem

I have student names specifically in the form last name first name middle initial (i.e., Johnson Bob R.) where the middle initial is optional. I want to separate these into 3 variables. How can I do this?

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Historical Number

14533

Document Information

More support for:
IBM SPSS Statistics

Software version:
Not Applicable

Document number:
417611

Modified date:
16 April 2020

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swg21476068

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