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How to check if a range of cells contains the word "unresponsive" and return "yes" or "no"

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    How to check if a range of cells contains the word "unresponsive" and return "yes" or "no"

    How can I check if a range of cells along a row contain the word "unresponsive" and then return either "yes" or "no"

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    Re: How to check if a range of cells contains the word "unresponsive" and return "yes" or

    G'day

    If this is based on, if there is only one word to one cell. Try this
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    Re: How to check if a range of cells contains the word "unresponsive" and return "yes" or

    Here's another one:

    =IF(COUNT(MATCH("unresponsive",A1:J1,0)),"Yes","No")
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    Re: How to check if a range of cells contains the word "unresponsive" and return "yes" or

    welcome to the forum, benitopjuarez. the word "contain" is very sensitive. i would label these texts as containing the word "unresponsive"
    they are unresponsive
    unresponsive clients
    an unresponsive person

    so if those of the above are to be considered, then add wildcards to both ratcat's & Tony's solutions:
    =IF(COUNTIF(A1:Z26,"*Unresponsive*")=0,"No","Yes")
    =IF(COUNT(MATCH("*unresponsive*",A1:J1,0)),"Yes","No")

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    Re: How to check if a range of cells contains the word "unresponsive" and return "yes" or

    Sweet Jesus yes. Thank you.

    I'd been looking furiously for hours upon hours trying to figure this out and your formula worked PERFECTLY.

    THANK YOU.

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    Re: How to check if a range of cells contains the word "unresponsive" and return "yes" or

    You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback!

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