I have a Google Sheet that consists of a list of names and need to count the number of times each name appears in the list. Unfortunately, the names have all been created using "mentions" (prepended with @, such as "@Pete Scott"), and that seems to be breaking the formula.
=COUNTIF(D$2:D,"=@Pete Scott") does not work, nor does =COUNTIF(D$2:D,"=Pete Scott), nor does looking in a separate cell containing a matching mention.
Here's an illustration of the issue: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1jovn9OV5qvH1_SiejjluHah01WnetSHajlh5iSU7X54/edit?usp=sharing
Any insight into getting this to work would be appreciated!
