I have a cell that contains multiple product names separated by commas. The cell can have 1 to 15 product names. I then have a list of specific product names on another worksheet in the same workbook. How would the formula be written to do the following: if any of the product names in cell "A1" match anything in the list on the other worksheet return a "yes" otherwise return a "no"?
Well I dont really like this but you could try
=IF(NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A1,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A2,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A3,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A4,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A5,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A6,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A7,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A8,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A9,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A10,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A11,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A12,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A13,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A14,A1)))+NOT(ISERROR(FIND(Sheet2!A15,A1)))=0,"n","y")
where A1 is your cell and Sheet2!A1:A15 is the list
VBA might be a more legible route
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Special-K
Ensure you describe your problem clearly, I have little time available to solve these problems and do not appreciate numerous changes to them.
It moght be easier to break out the products into individual cells/columns using Text2Columns, then using a vlookup based on that?
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Ford
Try something like this...
Data Range
This formula entered in C1:
=IF(COUNT(LOOKUP(35000,SEARCH(A3:A8,A1))),"Yes","No")
Biff
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Thank you Tony. That worked!
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You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!
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