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Match Function To Find Name With Comma

I have a spreadsheet in which I use a match function to find the row a name is on. The name may be listed several times and the name has a comma in it, for example, "Tom, George". I got it to work once, but it doesn't always work. Is it because of the comma or because it is in the lookup several times? It's my understanding the Excel will return the row number for the first time it sees the name in the list, which is what I want.

Any ideas on why I get NA# with the name with the comma?

Many thanks for some help, especially since I got it to work once with the comma.


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