Extract a specific word from a list of cells

[Caylatreese]

Hi,

I have a list of cells that I need to extract the shifts (day, eve, night). They words don't always appear in the same number of characters. Is there a formula for this? I copied some examples in the attached file. Any help is appreciated.

[JohnTopley]

try

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[TMS]

You could use this, copied across and down:

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You need to change the shift descriptions to be consistent (for the night shift).

[TMS]

If you just need 1 or 0, you can use:

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[Caylatreese]

This worked perfectly thank you!

[TMS]

What worked perfectly? You had a few options



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[Caylatreese]

All worked but this formula gave me exactly what I wanted

=IF(COUNTIF($B7,"*"&C$6&"*"),C$6,"")

Thanks!

[TMS]

You're welcome. Thanks for the rep.


Ah, good to know. The solution, I guess, depends on what you want/need to do with the output.