Formula that works in excel but not in Google Sheets

jeremypyle

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Hi,

The following formula works in excel but not in Google Sheets. How do I modify to work in Google Sheets:

=LOOKUP(REPT("z",255),CHOOSE({1,2,3},"",
LOOKUP(999999999999999,SEARCH(abbreviations!$A$1:$JZ$1,'Invoice Insert'!F110),abbreviations!$A$3:$JZ$3)))


I basically want to search a range and if any of the range is contained within my cell, then I want that result. For example in 'Invoice Insert'!F25 I have: 21c Cartwright Road

*62a*A*62b*A8b*Cam*8a*Cam*21c*Cart*21 Cart*21b*Cart*13a dak*
*62a*A*62b*A8b*Cam*8a*Cam*21c*Cart*21 Cart*21b*Cart**13*dak*
62a Arcus62b Arcus8b Campbell Pl8a Campbell Pl21c Cartwright Rd21 Cartwright Rd21b Cartwright Rd13a Dakota Pl
Since 21c Cartwright Road would be found in within row 1 (it would be found in 21c*Cart* which is e5, then I want to return the corresponding cell in row 3 which would be: 21c Cartwright Rd

This formula works in excel. But you can't seem to use Search to search an entire range for a cell. Please note that the range contains "*" so it isn't necessarily an exact match

This is a very hard formula to work out in Google Sheets. Any help would be much appreciated
 

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