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FORMULA TO MATCH TEXT STRING IN 2 COLUMNS
what is the FORMULA TO MATCH TEXT STRING IN 2 COLUMNS?
cell text data string in column A if matches text in column B or C should result "match" in column D, "no match" if otherwise.
please see attached
Please try this...
In D2
=IF(COUNTIF(B2:C2,"*"&A2&"*"),"MATCH","NO MATCH")
and copy it down.
Subodh_Tiwari_sktneer formula should look for all cell data in b2 to b3000 and c2 to c3000, how can we include them? thanks
If you place the formula I proposed in D2 and copy it down, it will return the same desired output you mocked up manually. But it seems I am missing your logic here.
Would you please explain the logic behind your desired output you showed in column D?
e.g. in Column D, you have MATCH in D2 and NO MATCH in D3, can you explain the logic behind these two desired output? Maybe then I would pick the logic and derive a suitable formula to return the desired output.
While explaining the logic, take the value of A2 and A3 and let me know all the manual steps you would take to get the desired output as shown in D2 and D3 in your sample file considering just four rows of data.
All I want to know why D2 has MATCH in it and why D3 has NO MATCH in it?
