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  1. 03-12-2013, 12:20 PM #1
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    Find text within column

    Hi folks,

    thanks for your help in advance.

    I have a sheet with various (company) names in one column. In a different sheet, I have a list with names as well. Now I want to check, if the names from the first sheet are included in the second one.

    If the names were exactly the same, I would use =if(countif()). Unfortunately, the names originate from two different sources, thus they might not be completely identical.
    Is there a way to check this? If it were only one cell, that is concerned I guess, I coud use =isnumber(search()), but I have no idea how to apply this to a whole column.

    Thanks again!
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    Re: Find text within column

    Does my formula in this thread(without the "not(iferror) in front of it) help you?

    http://www.excelforum.com/excel-gene...ple-words.html

    Can you give us some example of the names? Even better if you'll upload a small sample workbook.
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    Re: Find text within column

    Thanks for the quick reply. I don't understand, what the "2^15" in your other formula does.
    Please see attached an example sheet (very simplified)
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    Re: Find text within column

    In C2 and copy down, try this.

    =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(B2,'List 2'!$B$2:$B$13)),"yes","n0")
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    Re: Find text within column

    Hmm, very curious.
    In the example sheet it obviously works.
    In my sheet, the formula doesn't work.
    If I select only one cell on purpose (not the range in the column) where I know, the answer is "yes", it also works.
    Any ideas, why that could be the case?
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    Re: Find text within column

    simplistic question...but did you convert the range. 'List 2'!$B$2:$B$13)) to fit your real workbook?
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    Re: Find text within column

    Yes, of course I did .
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    Re: Find text within column

    can you copy some of your real data and upload again the sample workbook?
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    Re: Find text within column

    Here we go.
    And by the way: thanks a lot for the time you are taking.
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    Re: Find text within column

    Strange for me too. There are some spaces in column J. I tried with TRIM, but no result.

    Sorry, but as it's late here, i have to leave from the office. If you find no solution, i'll take a look tomorrow morning.
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    Re: Find text within column

    Hmm, can't figure out what causes the inability to find the text strings. Tried to replicate with a different sample and also didn't work (see attached in sheets 3 and 4)...

    I have no idea what the difference between example1 and example2 might be.
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    Re: Find text within column

    Still i don't know why first formula doesn't work, but this ARRAY formula looks to work fine.

    Is it?

    =IF(MAX(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(B3;'List 2'!$J$2:$J$351));1; 0))>0;"YES";"NO")
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    Re: Find text within column

    Hey, awesome, this works! Thanks a lot.
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    Re: Find text within column

    You are welcome! Thanks for the feed back.

    I was ready to suggest another regular formula.In C3 of your first sheet and copy down, try.

    =IF(ISTEXT(VLOOKUP("*"&B3&"*",'List 2'!$J$2:$J$351,1,0)),"yes","no")
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