Semi-colon Delimited String Contains Text Occuring in Column

Howdy,

I have Column A in Sheet1 that contains semi-colon delimited strings (of brands) in a big list, and Column A in Sheet2 which contains a list of all possible brands, and next to them in Column B the corresponding category of the brands.

(with 7 possible categories: Fragrance, Make Up, Skin Care, Sun & Tanning, Bath & Body, Hair, Gifts)

i.e.

Brand1; Brand2; Brand4
Brand1; Brand3;
and in the next sheet

Brand1 | Fragrance
Brand2 | Fragrance
Brand3 | Make Up
Brand4 | Sun & Tanning

etc.

I need to determine what categories are within the delimited lists in Column A in Sheet1. I imagined the best way to do this is to have 6 columns in Sheet1 with headers of the categories, and then 1 in the row of the string which contains a brand of that category.


i.e.

################Fragrance| Make Up| Skin Care| Sun & Tanning| Bath & Body| Hair| Gifts
Brand1; Brand2; Brand3;|1|1|0|0|0|0
Brand1; Brand4;|1|0|0|1|0|0

Kind of obtuse. Does this make sense? Is there a better way of doing this?

Any questions and I'm happy to elaborate or provide a sample worksheet.


Thank you for very much in advance for your attention and effort!

Hi, The831st,

maybe you should attach a sample workbook with the sitution as is and a sheet showing the outcome.

Ciao,
Holger

Hi, The831st,

maybe give this a try:

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Ciao,
Holger

Thanks for that Holger.


One problem: it only puts a "1" into the Fragrance column. All the other columns remain at 0.

Is it because there's a "(#)" in the lists in Sheet1 but not on the names in Sheet2?



I didn't include it in the example (foolishly), but they are listed as "Brand1 (2); Brand2 (1); Brand3 (4)" in Sheet1.

The numbers in the ('s are not important for this purpose now, however. They can be ignored. Perhaps I ignored them too much!

Sorry about that. I should have been clearer.