Compare delimited strings to a list

Bequia

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Hi I have a workbook with two columns A & B.


Each cell in Column A contains delimited strings:
Example A1 contains OT6, PA3, PU4, PR2, PL8
A2 contains: AP3, AP, AP4, AP10


I would like to compare these cells in column A to a list in column B and return the answer if any of the values in A1 or A2 exists. It's a big workbook so column A has about 50 rows with delimited strings.


I'm able to do the reverse, that is, look up the values in B that exists in A however I would like to know the values in A that do not exist in B.


Thanks in advance!
 

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Glad to help & thanks for the feedback
 
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