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  1. 06-13-2018, 08:18 AM #1
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    multiple search criteria formula - needs to be simplified.

    =if(not(iserror(search("A",D2))),"Arts",if(not(iserror(search("W",D2))),"World",if(not(iserror(search("E",D2))),"Enterprise",if(not(iserror(search("D",D2))),"Discovery",if(not(iserror(search("i",D2))),"i-College",if(not(iserror(search("S",D2))),"Sixth Form",""))))))


    It looks in a text for either an "A", "D", "W", "i", "S", "E". And then returns the values as above.

    Is there a way to combine the SEARCH function with an index function?

    The text is not always in a consistent place within the text hence the use of SEARCH.


    Must be usable in Google Sheets.
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    Re: Can you simplify this formula?

    Try

    =LOOKUP(2^15,SEARCH({"S";"i";"D";"E";"W";"A"},D2),{"Sixth Form";"i-College";"Discovery";"Enterprise";"World";"Arts"})
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    Re: Can you simplify this formula?

    Another way:

    =LOOKUP(D2,{"*","A","D","E","i","S","W"},{"","Arts","Discovery","Enterprise","i-College","Sixth Form","World"})

    Or:

    =INDEX({"Arts","Discovery","Enterprise","i-College","Sixth Form","World"},MATCH(D2,{"A","D","E","i","S","W"},0))
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    Re: Can you simplify this formula?

    Hello graeme27uk & Welcome to the Forum,

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