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XLOOKUP partial match text
Hi Kristin2185
Slightly different approach that should work if your Source strings are as consistant as those you shared where there's a semi-column following the keywords you want to match
in C2:
=FILTER(TBL_Lookup[Mapping], ISNUMBER(SEARCH(TBL_Lookup[Keyword],A2)), "No match")
Hi Kristin2185,
You can do that with the FILTER function.
I combined it with the TAKE function here in case there are more than one partial match, then it will only return the first match.
=TAKE(FILTER($J$6:$J$13,IFERROR(FIND($I$6:$I$13,A2),0)=1,"not found"),1)
Regards,
Zach
Hi Zach Prins
Thanks for your reply!
I tried your formula without much success, unfortunately.
See attached my spreadsheet (my wanted outcome is exemplified in column D (I want all cells to populate with the text in J6:J13 when they match the list in I6:I13))
Should the formula you suggested still work or will I need to do something differently?
Best,
Kristin
- Aha, I should've started off asking whether the dynamic array formulas are available in your version of Office. Are you using Office365? If so the formula should work as is if copied into cell C2
I use Office365, on a MacBook.
Got the wanted results now, thank you so much!!I think the issue was that this formula populates two columns with data and so I got a #spill error that I didn't understand. Worked perfectly when I made sure there were two empty columns available.
Kristin2185, in that first reference of your formula you're referencing columns I and J, it should be only column J.
=TAKE(FILTER($J$6:$J$13...