How to check if entire column has an partial match from a cell?
Hi,
I'm trying to do a "course checker", to find if column D has partial match from a cell at column A, and then give TRUE/FALSE answer next to it on column B.
Column A is a list of courses I have to attend and column D is courses I have done but the fact that they include some extra info makes it harder, at least for me.
I've tried =IF(ISERROR(FIND(A2;D:D;0))=TRUE;FALSE;TRUE) and many other ways with no success.
Last edited by goljat; 05-07-2013 at 11:14 AM.
try
=ISNUMBER(MATCH("*"&A2&"*",$D$1:$D$50,0))
or you may need
=ISNUMBER(MATCH("*"&A2&"*";$D$1:$D$50;0)) to use ; as seperator
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Thank you for quick and helpful replay! It worked
I tried to find out what "*"&A2&"*" actually does, could someone point me where I can read more about?
* is used as a wild card so *cat* will match say cat, cattle muscat
Thank you!
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