Show if a string contains a partial string

[Atomz618]

I have a list of part numbers, and I want to determine if the part number contains a partial number in a different column.

For example:
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Any help would be much appreciated. I can't figure out how to search a long list like this without doing a ctrl+f.

[protonLeah]

To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook. The workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook.

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[Kevin UK]

Hi Atomz618

Maybe, if I understand you correctly. Assuming your data is in A1:A9 and your criteria is in C1:C3. In B1 and copy down:

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[Atomz618]

Thank you Kevin! This worked when I changed the VLOOKUP to an approximate match instead of exact.

[Kevin UK]

Hi

Thank you for the feed back Atomz618

[Atomz618]

Nevermind, its better to have the exact match.

[Kevin UK]

I thought it might be.