I want that excel returns in five cells the first 5 values corresponding to a given name

[IceSnakeR]

Hello,

I need a bit of help with the next situation:

There are two columns, in the first (A) there are two names(PAUL and JOHN) inserted from cell A2 till cell A16, in the second column there are hours. How can i return the first five values(hours) corresponding to JOHN?
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Thanks a lot,
Chris

i`ve posted the same question here : https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-...iven-name.html

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