How to return an array of non blank cells from a range

Hello All, and thanks in advance for your help...

I am trying to create a formula that searches for many strings in one cell, the problem is these many things are dynamic and are taken from another range:

the formula I am using is below, "things" are taken from a different column, this column has empty cells leading to incorrect results, how can I return an array with all nonempty cells in the range I am using to use replace "things in the formula below?

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I am Hoping this is clear enough and is posted in the right place...

A bit more info, I got this working in Google sheet with this formula:

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Thanks...

Will you please attach a sample Excel workbook? We are not able to work with or manipulate a picture of one and nobody wants to have to recreate your data from scratch.

1. Make sure that your sample data are REPRESENTATIVE of your real data. The use of unrepresentative data is very frustrating and can lead to long delays in reaching a solution.

2. Make sure that your desired results are also shown (mock up the results manually).

3. Make sure that all confidential data is removed or replaced with dummy data first (e.g. names, addresses, E-mails, etc.).

4. Try to avoid using merged cells as they cause lots of problems.

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.

Please pay particular attention to point 2 (above): without an idea of your intended outcomes, it is often very difficult to offer appropriate advice.

By incorrect results you are refering to all the FALSE results for blanks in B column? If so, use: =IF(B3="","",SUMPRODUCT(--(NOT(ISERR(SEARCH($D$3:$D$4,B3)))))=COUNTA($D$3:$D$4))

Not sure if I understood correctly, but I assume that you want to find data from column D in B and the range in D can contain blanks that should not be included in the search, so try:

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