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    Find Multiple keywords from free text cell

    Dear Experts, I am looking for a formula that can find multiple keywords from a cell containing free text and give result in another cell.

    For example: In cell A2 in have Free Text as "I work for a company as an advisor". and I have keywords in column "Y1:Y5" as "WORK", "COMPANY", "ADVISOR", "PEOPLE" etc...
    So in col B2 i want this formula to return the result as "WORK", in C2 as "Company", in D2 as "Advisor"

    PS: Sorry for some reason i am not able to upload a sample excel file to explain it better.

    Any help please.
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    Re: Find Multiple keywords from free text cell

    Quote Originally Posted by amitmodi_mrt View Post
    PS: Sorry for some reason i am not able to upload a sample excel file to explain it better.
    Yes, you are able to. Unfortunately the attachment icon doesn't work at the moment, so to attach an Excel file you have to do the following: just before posting, scroll down to Go Advanced and then scroll down to Manage Attachments. Now follow the instructions at the top of that screen.
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    Re: Find Multiple keywords from free text cell

    Assume you have list in J2:J5

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    Re: Find Multiple keywords from free text cell

    Thanks Ankur, This works perfectly as per my requirements.

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    Re: Find Multiple keywords from free text cell

    If that takes care of your original question, please select Thread Tools from the menu link above and mark this thread as SOLVED. Thanks.

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    Re: Find Multiple keywords from free text cell

    Thanks AliGW for the advice on how to attach file. Marking this post as solved.

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