extracting certain words in a cell

[bwlytkr]

Is there a formula for extracting certain words/phrases in a cell no matter where they appear in the cell? For example, I need to know if the cell has Not Needed, Need Created, Not Created and populate the result in the cell when found. Any help would be appreciated

 

[James006]

Hello,

Say the cell to be tested in cell A1 ... and your 3 items to be looked for are located in D1:D3

you could test the following Array Formula:

=IFERROR(MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(SEARCH($D$1:$D$3, A1)),0),"")

Hope this will help

 

[bwlytkr]

Thanks for the help. I know this is a dumb question but, where would the phrases I'm searching for go in your formula. Would I replace the word "search" in your formula with these phases and the "cell to be tested" is that the cell where the formula is?? I've never used this formula before so not really sure what it is telling me

 

[bwlytkr]

THE CELL MY FORMULA IS IN IS COLUMN G AND THE PHRASES I'm SEARCHIG FOR IS IN COLUMN F. I NEED THE RESULT TO POPULATE IN EACH RO SO CAN SORT THE RESULTS IN COLUMN G WHEN COMPLETED. HOPE THIS HELPS CLARIFY IT

 

[James006]

Before getting any further ...

Why don't you test the Array Formula first ....???