filtering data that has similar information, not exact?

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polyxenne said:
I'm trying to find the contents in column C “Dog Names” within the contents of column B “All Names.” I’d like to filter out the names and match the ones with column C. can you help?

Try to provide a small sample along with the desired result list.
 
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Re: sample

polyxenne said:
nevermind

Why?
Book7
BCDEF
103
2AllDogsMatchList
3jake johnsonjake1jake johnson
4david dougdoug2david doug
5drewroger3roger rabbit
6ralphcebe  
7roger rabbit
8
Sheet1


D1 must house a 0.

D3, copied down:

=IF((C3<>"")*ISNUMBER(MATCH("*"&C3&"*",$B$3:$B$7,0)),LOOKUP(9.99999999999999E+307,$D$1:D2)+1,"")

F1:

=LOOKUP(9.99999999999999E+307,D3:D6)

F3, copied down:

=IF(ROW()-ROW($F$3)+1<=$F$1,INDEX($B$3:$B$7,MATCH("*"&LOOKUP(ROW()-ROW($F$3)+1,$D$3:$D$6,$C$3:$C$6)&"*",$B$3:$B$7,0)),"")
 
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