Concatenate with Commas in Non-Blank Cells

I am concatenating last and first name cells in a pair of long columns. I do not want to display commas in the non-blank cells when extending the formula down the sheet. On the web I found a formula which almost works: =C7&IF(B7="","","
"&B7) .
But, I need to put a comma between the last and first names. So, instead of "Smith Hal" it would read "Smith, Hal". Please advise.
PS, An alternative would be to delete the commas from blank cells in the concatenated column from earlier today. But, Excel does not see them for some reason and will not allow me to replace them with nothing. Is there a way to do this en masse?
Thanks.
Doug in York PA
Douglas R. Eckert

I stumbled upon the solution. Here is my note to myself for future reference.
COMMAS in CONCATENATE BUT NOT IN BLANK CELLS – FORMULA
To concatenate a long column of names (last, first) without leaving extra commas in the blanks cells use the following formula:
=C7&IF(B7="","",", "&B7) .
Please close this question.
Thanks.
Doug in York PA
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