Cython

Use this in case you want to create dll i n windows or .so files in UNIX. Its based on Python.

http://cython.org/

Extracting Left side of Coma Sperated String

Here is the formula with eg

A1 = Ullas,Thachudayakaimal

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

The result is

Ullas

Flat file to XML Conversion

If you need to convert flat file to XML look no further. Here is the Java software that can be used for this.

http://servingxml.sourceforge.net/