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Copper Contributor

Jul 06, 2020

How to know if a cell contains a value from the given list

Hello, I would like to get a true or false value on column B if column C contains any value on the list of column E. Can someone help me with the formula. This has been my frustrati...

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Copper Contributor

Jul 06, 2020

Hi, i tried but did not get what I needed. but i appreciate the help, thank you.

Iron Contributor

Jul 06, 2020

meldons06 , can you upload a sample file with the data without any confidential info?

meldons06
Copper Contributor
Jul 06, 2020
Hi TheAntony
Here's a sample excel file. Columns C and D are the sample data while Columns F-G and I-K are the outcomes i would like to have.

On columns F-G, cells on column F will highlight if it has a value from the list on column G
While on outcome 2, Column I will get "TRUE" if column J has a value from the list on column K

Thanks for helping!
Excel_Sample.xlsx9 KB
- TheAntony
  Iron Contributor
  Jul 06, 2020
  meldons06 , For Outcome1, I used conditional formatting to get the green highlights using this formula:
  =SUM(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(MID(F4,SEARCH("-",F4)+1,SEARCH("-",F4,SEARCH("-",F4)+1)-SEARCH("-",F4)-1),$G$4:$G$34))*1)=1
  
  For Outcome 2, it's the same formula but with referencing J and K instead of F and G:
  =SUM(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(MID(J4,SEARCH("-",J4)+1,SEARCH("-",J4,SEARCH("-",J4)+1)-SEARCH("-",J4)-1),$K$4:$K$34))*1)=1
  
  Let me know if this works.
  Excel_Sample.xlsx12 KB
  - meldons06
    Copper Contributor
    Jul 06, 2020
    Hi TheAntony I truly appreciate your help. However, the formula you gave only applies to the sample file I did but not to the file i'm working on (after adjusting formula cells accordingly)
    
    Here's a replica of what i am working on. The values on data 2 may be found anywhere in the text on column B (may be on the first, mid, or last)
    
    Sorry if it's too complicated, thanks in advance!

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