VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, and SUMIFS all allow a wildcard in the Lookup_Value. But today, Chris wants wildcards wrapped around the lookup table! After trying XLOOKUP, FILTER, and COUNTIF, I finally end up with TEXTJOIN, IF, and SEARCH. Do you have a better way?
Table of Contents
(0:00) Use wildcard for the lookup range
(0:34) XLOOKUP, FILTER, COUNTIF failed
(0:54) SEARCH function on an array
(2:11) TEXTJOIN, IFERROR, and SEARCH
(3:15) Surprisingly difficult