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Partial String Lookup between two lists of Data

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    Partial String Lookup between two lists of Data

    Hi there, I am trying to beef up a formula I have that we are using to search a list of existing companies for matches on a second often smaller list of companies. I will display the image below

    But essentially I am trying to match up any company names that are similar, and need to be able to account for things like first list contains ABC Company limited. while the company I am trying to match to this is called ABC Company ltd.

    My current formula to search these is

    =MATCH("*"&C2&"*",A$2:A$6,0) I used ctrl+shift+enter

    and the formula for the column that pulls the matched data is

    =IF(ISNA(D2),"",INDEX(A$2:A$6,MATCH(C2,A$2:A$6,0)))

    here is the way the data looks just as an example.

    but basically I need to be able to search for most of a string, and to be able to ignore certain parts of the string to find a match. the pother way this comes into play is if a company is called Jones and Smith Inc. but they are on one list as Jones & Smith Inc.

    in the below or attached picture I am matching up columns A and C

    EXCEL Data sheet.JPG

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    Re: Partial String Lookup between two lists of Data

    Look at fuzzy lookup
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