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# **Flip "Last, First" with TEXTAFTER**

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In B2, turn the name in A2 into "Anna Berg". Join TEXTAFTER and TEXTBEFORE around ", " with a space between them.

B2fx

|  | A | B | C | D | E | F |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Name in the HR export | Name |  |  |  | |
| 2 | Berg, Anna |  |  |  |  | |
| 3 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 4 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 5 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 6 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 7 |  |  |  |  |  | |
| 8 |  |  |  |  |  | |

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