Find position inside of a text string with a delimiter

Stephen_IV

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Good morning I am trying to figure out how to find out what position a value is in a string separated by /
In the example below I would like to find the position of Mark, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Find position inside of a text string with a delimiter.xlsm
AB
1Names = MarkPosition inside of the /
2Mark1
3Paul/Don/Jeff/Mark4
4Don/Mark2
5Fred0
6Mark1
7Al/Frank/Fred0
8Paul0
9Mark/Paul1
10Al/Kenny/Fred0
11George/Larry/Don0
12Colby/George/Tom /Don/Fred/Mark/Jeff/Nick6
Sheet2
 

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How about
Fluff.xlsm
AB
1Names = MarkPosition inside of the /
2Mark1
3Paul/Don/Jeff/Mark4
4Don/Mark2
5Fred0
6Mark1
7Al/Frank/Fred0
8Paul0
9Mark/Paul1
10Al/Kenny/Fred0
11George/Larry/Don0
12Colby/George/Tom /Don/Fred/Mark/Jeff/Nick6
Main
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2:B12B2=IFNA(MATCH("mark",TEXTSPLIT(A2,"/"),0),0)
 
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Fluff! Perfect that is exactly what I need!!! Thank you again!
 
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You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.
 
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