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    Search cells C1:C3000 for keyword and if exists place a keyword in A1:A3000

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    Column C is made of cells that contain narrative/descriptive text. I need to do a contains search within those cells to determine if a keyword exists (i.e. Time Capture). If it does exist place that Key word in Column A's cells. If it does not exist do not alter Column A's cells.

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    Re: Search cells C1:C3000 for keyword and if exists place a keyword in A1:A3000

    You will need VBA to do this as column A cannot contain both (existing) data and formula.

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    Re: Search cells C1:C3000 for keyword and if exists place a keyword in A1:A3000

    Or, use a helper column to do what you want.

    =IF(A1="*Time Capture*",A1&"Time Capture",A1)

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    Re: Search cells C1:C3000 for keyword and if exists place a keyword in A1:A3000

    Wildcards don't work in a straight A=B comparison.
    You'd need either search or find (or countif)

    =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Time Capture",A1)),A1&"Time Capture",A1)

    or with countif

    =IF(COUNTIF(A1,"*Time Capture*"),A1&"Time Capture",A1)

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    Re: Search cells C1:C3000 for keyword and if exists place a keyword in A1:A3000

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonmo1 View Post
    Wildcards don't work in a straight A=B comparison.
    You'd need either search or find (or countif)
    FIND doesn't accept wildcards.
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    Re: Search cells C1:C3000 for keyword and if exists place a keyword in A1:A3000

    Quote Originally Posted by Jonmo1 View Post
    Wildcards don't work in a straight A=B comparison.
    You'd need either search or find (or countif)

    =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Time Capture",A1)),A1&"Time Capture",A1)

    or with countif

    =IF(COUNTIF(A1,"*Time Capture*"),A1&"Time Capture",A1)
    duh, thanks, wasnt thinking

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    Re: Search cells C1:C3000 for keyword and if exists place a keyword in A1:A3000

    Quote Originally Posted by Tony Valko View Post
    FIND doesn't accept wildcards.
    It doesn't require them either.

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