Code to Find a Matching string in a column

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PLEASE ASSIST: I have a worksheet, with a string value on cell A2. I need to search through for that value in columns D5:D1000. if it exit, then display the row number. I will really appreciate ur contribution. thanks
 

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Hi,

This is one way:


Book1
ABCD
2abcde10
3
4
5abc
6abcd
7ab
8bcde
9cdefg
10abcde
11abcdef
12defg
Sheet435
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B2=INDEX(ROW(D5:D12),MATCH(A2,D5:D12,0))
 
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mtfather said:
PLEASE ASSIST: I have a worksheet, with a string value on cell A2. I need to search through for that value in columns D5:D1000. if it exit, then display the row number. I will really appreciate ur contribution. thanks
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