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    Hi,

    Please see sample spreadsheet. I'm looking for a function that would:

    A) Search the data in column A for the words, TREAS, DFAS, DCD, PAY (There are more, but I assume I could add them later)

    B) If the data in a cell in column A contains any of these words, put, "FED" in adjacent cell in B column. If the data does not contain any of those words, put, "Non-Fed", in adjacent cell in B column.

    Thanks in advance,

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    Re: Search for multiple words in range of cells...answer in adjacent cell

    Try this in B1 and copy down

    =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"REAS","DFAS","DCD","PAY"},A1)),"FED","Non-Fed")
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    Re: Search for multiple words in range of cells...answer in adjacent cell

    If you put those words in D1:D4, then in B1 and down,

    =OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(" " & $D$1:$D$4 & " ", " " & A1 & " ")))

    ... confirmed with Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

    You words are not well delimited in the text (i.e., not consistently separated by, for example, spaces), so the approach has limitations.
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    Re: Search for multiple words in range of cells...answer in adjacent cell

    Thanks contaminated

    It worked, but it only recognized the "REAS,"...all other cells were marked as, "Non-Fed."
    Last edited by TheDudestMonk; 08-20-2010 at 04:56 PM.

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    Re: Search for multiple words in range of cells...answer in adjacent cell

    shg thanks much...worked great!

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    Re: Search for multiple words in range of cells...answer in adjacent cell

    Hi,

    Please see sample spreadsheet. I'm looking for a function that would:

    A) Search the data in column A for the words, TREAS, DFAS, DCD, PAY (There are more, but I assume I could add them later)

    B) If the data in a cell in column A contains any one or two then return same values. If 2 value found return both with separated by coma.


    Please reply ASAP.

    Thanks in advance.

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    Re: Search for multiple words in range of cells...answer in adjacent cell

    krratna,

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