TEXTBEFORE not working in the FILTER function

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I work for a school for the blind and visually impaired. Every 2 weeks we get a new schedule. The first figure is an example of the schedule table. Most of the instructors are blind. This is cumbersome to navigate with a screen reader.

I created another worksheet for the instructors, Figure 2. I use the following formula to list the students and the class they are attending.

The formula below returns the student's first name from the "First" column and the last three letters of the Class in P1 if the first 4 characters in P1 = the first 4 characters of the instructor's name, which is a column header, in Figure 2. It works great, but some instructors may only have 2 or 3 letters in their first name, such as Al, or Don. Right now, I add characters to make the formula work and distinguish instructors that may have the same first 4 characters.

=TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[First]&TEXTAFTER(AT_VISP[P1],"-"),

LEFT(AT_VISP[P1],4)=LEFT(Table36[[#Headers],[Randy]],4),""))

I tried the following formula, but I get a #NA error. Obviously, TEXTAFTER works in the FILTER function, but I can't get TEXTBEFORE to work.

=TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[First]&TEXTAFTER(AT_VISP[P1],"-"),

TEXTBEFORE(AT_VISP[P1],"-")=Table36[[#Headers],[Randy]],""))

Any ideas why TEXTBEFORE isn’t working?

Fig. 1
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Fig. 2
Instructors Schedule Forum.png
 

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I attempted to install the Add-in, but I'm on a work computer and they don't allow macros.
 
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In that case can you just copy & paste the data.
 
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Fig. 1
LastFirstP1P2P3P4P5
Doe 07/10JaneDonR-CFA
Carter 05/30JimmyAnna-A TAnna-A TJoseph-O&MRaven-P MRandy-Brl
Clark 09/30PetulaJoseph-O&MRaven-P MKimberly-HMRandy-BrlDanny-J R
Field 10/31SallyKimberly-H MRandy-BrlJames-A TJoseph-O&MDanny-J R
Green 04/03JosephJames-A T
Jackson 05/15JanetManny-CFAKimberly-CFARandy-CFADanny-CFARaven-CFA
Jagar 07/24MickTricia-A T
James 06/02SonnyDanny-W EMari-A TMari-A TKimberly-H MRaven-P M
Johnson 04/03MikeTricia-A T
Johnson 07/10FrankDanny-W EDanny-W EJoseph-O&M
Taylor 07/22JamesTricia-ATR
Kennedy 03/06JackieAnna-CFAAnna-CFAKimberly-CFADanny-CFAMari-CFA
Ryan 07/24JackTricia-ATRMari-A T
Mouse 05/01MinnieJoseph-CFAKimberly-CFAJames-CFADanny-CFARandy-CFA
Turner 07/25TinaRandy-BrlManny-A TManny-A TDanny-W EDanny-W E
Sneed 06/12SamRandy-BrlJoseph-O&MDanny-W EDanny-W EJames-A T
Perry 04/17Kimberly-H MRandy-BrlRaven-P MJames-A TDanny-J R

Fig. 2
PeriodTimeRandyMarinelaKimberlyJamesDannyDonR
P18:15TinaBrl, SamBrlSallyH M, H MJosephA TSonnyW E, FrankW EJane-CFA
P29:30SallyBrl, BrlSonnyA T, JackA TJanetCFA, MinnieCFAFrankW E
P311:00JanetCFASonnyA TPetula-HM, JackieCFASallyA T, MinnieCFASamW E
P41:30PetulaBrlSonnyH MA TJanetCFA, JackieCFA, MinnieCFA, TinaW E, SamW E
P52:40JimmyBrl, MinnieCFAJackieCFASamA TPetulaJ R, SallyJ R, TinaW E, J R
 
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Thanks for that, it's because of the blank cells so you need to use
Excel Formula: 
=TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[First]&TEXTAFTER(AT_VISP[P1],"-"),TEXTBEFORE(AT_VISP[P1],"-",,,"")=Table36[[#Headers],[Randy]],""))
 
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Another option so the formula can be dragged down & across
Fluff.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP
1LastFirstP1P2P3P4P5PeriodTimeRandyMarinelaKimberlyJamesDannyDonR
2Doe 07/10JaneDonR-CFAP108:15TinaBrl, SamBrl SallyH M, H MJosephA TSonnyW E, FrankW EJaneCFA
3Carter 05/30JimmyAnna-A TAnna-A TJoseph-O&MRaven-P MRandy-BrlP209:30SallyBrl, Brl JanetCFA, MinnieCFA FrankW E 
4Clark 09/30PetulaJoseph-O&MRaven-P MKimberly-HMRandy-BrlDanny-J RP311:00JanetCFA PetulaHM, JackieCFASallyA T, MinnieCFASamW E 
5Field 10/31SallyKimberly-H MRandy-BrlJames-A TJoseph-O&MDanny-J RP401:30PetulaBrl SonnyH MA TJanetCFA, JackieCFA, MinnieCFA, TinaW E, SamW E 
6Green 04/03JosephJames-A TP502:40JimmyBrl, MinnieCFA  SamA TPetulaJ R, SallyJ R, TinaW E, J R 
7Jackson 05/15JanetManny-CFAKimberly-CFARandy-CFADanny-CFARaven-CFA
8Jagar 07/24MickTricia-A T
9James 06/02SonnyDanny-W EMari-A TMari-A TKimberly-H MRaven-P M
10Johnson 04/03MikeTricia-A T
11Johnson 07/10FrankDanny-W EDanny-W EJoseph-O&M
12Taylor 07/22JamesTricia-ATR
13Kennedy 03/06JackieAnna-CFAAnna-CFAKimberly-CFADanny-CFAMari-CFA
14Ryan 07/24JackTricia-ATRMari-A T
15Mouse 05/01MinnieJoseph-CFAKimberly-CFAJames-CFADanny-CFARandy-CFA
16Turner 07/25TinaRandy-BrlManny-A TManny-A TDanny-W EDanny-W E
17Sneed 06/12SamRandy-BrlJoseph-O&MDanny-W EDanny-W EJames-A T
18Perry 04/17Kimberly-H MRandy-BrlRaven-P MJames-A TDanny-J R
Master
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
K2:K6K2=LET(c,CHOOSECOLS(AT_VISP[[P1]:[P5]],XMATCH(Table36[@[Period]:[Period]],AT_VISP[[#Headers],[P1]:[P5]])),TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[[First]:[First]]&TEXTAFTER(c,"-"),TEXTBEFORE(c,"-",,,,"")=Table36[[#Headers],[Randy]],"")))
L2:L6L2=LET(c,CHOOSECOLS(AT_VISP[[P1]:[P5]],XMATCH(Table36[@[Period]:[Period]],AT_VISP[[#Headers],[P1]:[P5]])),TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[[First]:[First]]&TEXTAFTER(c,"-"),TEXTBEFORE(c,"-",,,,"")=Table36[[#Headers],[Marinela]],"")))
M2:M6M2=LET(c,CHOOSECOLS(AT_VISP[[P1]:[P5]],XMATCH(Table36[@[Period]:[Period]],AT_VISP[[#Headers],[P1]:[P5]])),TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[[First]:[First]]&TEXTAFTER(c,"-"),TEXTBEFORE(c,"-",,,,"")=Table36[[#Headers],[Kimberly]],"")))
N2:N6N2=LET(c,CHOOSECOLS(AT_VISP[[P1]:[P5]],XMATCH(Table36[@[Period]:[Period]],AT_VISP[[#Headers],[P1]:[P5]])),TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[[First]:[First]]&TEXTAFTER(c,"-"),TEXTBEFORE(c,"-",,,,"")=Table36[[#Headers],[James]],"")))
O2:O6O2=LET(c,CHOOSECOLS(AT_VISP[[P1]:[P5]],XMATCH(Table36[@[Period]:[Period]],AT_VISP[[#Headers],[P1]:[P5]])),TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[[First]:[First]]&TEXTAFTER(c,"-"),TEXTBEFORE(c,"-",,,,"")=Table36[[#Headers],[Danny]],"")))
P2:P6P2=LET(c,CHOOSECOLS(AT_VISP[[P1]:[P5]],XMATCH(Table36[@[Period]:[Period]],AT_VISP[[#Headers],[P1]:[P5]])),TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(AT_VISP[[First]:[First]]&TEXTAFTER(c,"-"),TEXTBEFORE(c,"-",,,,"")=Table36[[#Headers],[DonR]],"")))
 
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