I have 5 cells with text in them (Column C), I want to know if any of the words in column C can be found in A2, A3, A4, etc.
I.e. in the below example I want the column B to return the following values:
A-----------------------B-----------------------C
General INC------True-------------------FILE
General CORP--True------------------CORP
General-----------False----------------- INC
Random word---False---------------- KNOW
-----------------------------------------------EXCEL
What is the formula I should use in column B?
thanks a lot...
Last edited by elfnt; 07-16-2010 at 09:25 AM.
Try:
=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH($C$1:$C$5,A2))))>0
adjust ranges to suit.
Last edited by NBVC; 07-15-2010 at 09:22 PM.
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It didn't work. I've attached the sheet with the formula inputted and it returns TRUE on any text string.
That is because you have blanks in the C1:C5 range...try:
=SUMPRODUCT(--($C$1:$C$5<>""),--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH($C$1:$C$5,A1))))>0
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