Find value return left column for a large list

behedwin

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Hi

I need help to solve a problem.

I have a excelfile with about 3000 rows.
In column C i have Names
In column H i have a string of text containing key words i want to find an associate to column C

For example
Row 1 - NAME: Oskar | STRING: text i want to search for

I want a formula that look for my search word
Returns each row that have the word im lookng for and prints the name of that row in a new list.
 

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Hi BEHEdwin,

Is this what you wanted?

BEHEdwin.xlsx
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1Row 1WhenNameStringRowName
2Row 2OskarWhat is searched3Charles
3Row 3CharlesWhen I want to search5John
4Row 4SarahHow can I W H E N6Bradley
5Row 5JohnYou will do it when?8Bert
6Row 6BradleyYou will do it when9Susan
7Row 7VanessaOK what  
8Row 8BertYou will do it when  
9Row 9SusanIt is when I want  
10Row 10  
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
K2:K10K2=IFERROR(AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW($A$2:$A$3000)/(SEARCH($B$1,$H$2:$H$3000)>0),ROW()-ROW($K$1)),"")
L2:L10L2=IF(K2="","",INDEX(C:C,K2))
 
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