Full & Partial Matches with Lookup Values in Array

[happy23]

Hi Friends,

I need a results for the column from the table in the table(sheet2). I have attached a document with some example. please help me on it.

Thanks,
Vijay

[PaulM100]

this will work on exact matches from list: =INDEX('table(Sheet2)'!$B$2:$B$15,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(ISNUMBER(SEARCH('table(Sheet2)'!$B$2:$B$15,A2)),,),0))
It will fail in case of string comparison, like in the case of "office"

[happy23]

Thank you for your response and i want to explain you how it works exactly in my table. at least i want to exact match for word to word.

[AliGW]

This would work if:

(a) the lookup list did not have a spelling mistake (safty glass)
(b) there were consistent logic to looking for whole or incomplete words

=LOOKUP(1000,SEARCH($J$2:$J$13,B2),$J$2:$J$13)

Unfortunately there are anomalies in your logic in rows 3, 5, 6 and 8: the answers you are expecting here are mutually exclusive. You are going to need to be able to tell Excel when to accept a partial match and when not, so you need to explain your logic to us IN FULL.

[AliGW]

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[happy23]

Thank You. I will improve myself regarding posting query.

[AliGW]

Great, but you need to give more detail as outlined in post #4.