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    Search for text string in different column return true or false

    I have been looking on forums and using Google searches for the better part of a day now and cannot seem to get this working. I have gotten close, but not quite what I need. What I need to do is compare a cell containing text with against a column that contains text on a different sheet.

    For example in cell A1 I have text "hostname"

    In another sheet I have a column of hostnames in format of "hostname.domain.com" or a variety of text tacked on to the text from A1. So I really need the formula to look for my text string anywhere in the text of the cell range.

    I want the cell with the formula to give a true/false if the text in A1 is found in that other column. The search needs to be case insensitive.

    The closest I got after trying to use MATCH, SEARCH, FIND was:

    =VLookup(A1,'Sheet1'!$G$3:$G$3779,1,False)

    But that is for an exact match which does not work as it isn't exact and doesn't really return true/false.

    Any help would truly be appreciated. Thank you.

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    Re: Search for text string in different column return true or false

    Try this:

    =ISNUMBER(MATCH("*" & A1 & "*", Sheet2!$A:$A, 0))
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    Re: Search for text string in different column return true or false

    Worked like a champ! Thank you for the help.

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    Re: Search for text string in different column return true or false

    If that takes care of your need, please click EDIT in your original post, click GO ADVANCED and set the PREFIX box to SOLVED.

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