Compare strings with substrings in excel

[aspire]

Hi,

I have certain mail subjects which are part static part dynamic for e.g. Job ABC_DEF_GHJ:12345 Here the subject preceding the : is fixed, while the one after is dynamic.

In a day I will have 100's of such mail subjects, some of them will have common fixed parts, only the dynamic vary, But the actions on these mails with the same fixed part is common.



[TABLE="width: 443"]
<colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody>[TR]
[TD]Mail subject[/TD]
[TD]Substring[/TD]
[TD]Action[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ:12345[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ:12346[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ:12347[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ:12348[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ:12349[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ:45678[/TD]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ[/TD]
[TD]Forward[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ:45679[/TD]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ[/TD]
[TD]Forward[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ:45680[/TD]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ[/TD]
[TD]Forward[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ:45681[/TD]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ[/TD]
[TD]Forward[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


So in essence if I create an Excel database containing Substring and action I will have something like below

Substring Action
[TABLE="width: 443"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ Reply
RST_UVW_XYZ Forward

Now assuming I have all the mail subjects with me in an excel, how can I compare it against the Excel database that I created above to get the action against it.

Please suggest.

Best Regards
Shailesh

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</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[aspire]

Also please note that there could be variable part before the fixed part as well say like below

[TABLE="class: cms_table, width: 443"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD] Mail subject[/TD]
[TD]Substring[/TD]
[TD]Action[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Urgent ABC_DEF_GHJ:12345[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Low ABC_DEF_GHJ:12346[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Priority ABC_DEF_GHJ:12347[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Urgent ABC_DEF_GHJ:12348[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Low ABC_DEF_GHJ:12349[/TD]
[TD]ABC_DEF_GHJ[/TD]
[TD]Reply[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Priority RST_UVW_XYZ:45678[/TD]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ[/TD]
[TD]Forward[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ:45679[/TD]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ[/TD]
[TD]Forward[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ:45680[/TD]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ[/TD]
[TD]Forward[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ:45681[/TD]
[TD]RST_UVW_XYZ[/TD]
[TD]Forward[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[gromexe]

So you already created a separate table like above? The Substring, and Action columns are already in separate columns?

For your question, you said:

"assuming I have all the mail subjects with me in an excel"

Do you have the first column "Mail Subject" only? And that's all?

And you want to separate the Subject and Action from the entire string?

Maybe post what you have, and what you expect to result. It seems like you're asking for something that is simple to achieve. I'm just not sure exactly what you're trying to do.