Rearranging text in a cell

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I need a formula to change the way a person's name is displayed.
The current format is - Smith, Bob J.
And I need a formula to change it to - Smith J. Bob
I have a large list of names of different character lengths and some have the middle initial followed by a . and some do not have a middle inital.

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=LEFT(SUBSTITUTE(A1,", "," "&TRIM(RIGHT(SUBSTITUTE(MID(A1,FIND(",",A1)+2,255)," ",REPT(" ",255)),255))&" "),LEN(A1))
 
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Duplicate to: Rearranging text (I screwed up the first post)
In future, please do not post the same question multiple times. Per Forum Rules (#12), posts of a duplicate nature will be locked or deleted. Instead, post any corrections/clarifications in the original thread.

In relation to your question here, I have closed this thread since the other one has your corrected question. Please continue in the linked thread.
 
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