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(Dummy-variable) Search for list of numbers in cell and return 1 or 0

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    (Dummy-variable) Search for list of numbers in cell and return 1 or 0

    Hi guys,
    I need to create dummy-variables of adresses in a dataset. How i plan to do this is searching the adress cell and check if it contains a postnumber from a list of postnumbers and then either return 1 or 0 into the result cell.

    I tried using =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH())) but if i put in a list of objects to search for the postnumbers) then it will return a "SPILL" error.
    Basicly it seems using this function this way creates a corresponding amount of result cells to the amount of objects it is searching for.

    I need a function or method that only writes 1 or 0 to one result cell if any of the numbers searching for is found.

    Grateful for all help.
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    Re: (Dummy-variable) Search for list of numbers in cell and return 1 or 0

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    Re: (Dummy-variable) Search for list of numbers in cell and return 1 or 0

    Attached an example sheet.

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    Re: (Dummy-variable) Search for list of numbers in cell and return 1 or 0

    Hi & welcome to the board.
    How about
    =--(COUNT(IFERROR(SEARCH({579,657},A2),""))>0)

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    Re: (Dummy-variable) Search for list of numbers in cell and return 1 or 0

    Yeah that works perfectly ! Thanks !

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    Re: (Dummy-variable) Search for list of numbers in cell and return 1 or 0

    You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.

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