Partial matching to multiple cells

dsteele111

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Hello all,

Please see the attached image below. I am having trouble with partial matching & joining together results.

As you can see, I have recipes 1-5 in column B, with corresponding days of the week in column A beside them. The letters in column A correspond to days of the week. For instance, when doing a partial match for symbol "m", it yields one result, and that is Recipe 1. However, there is also an "m" that corresponds with Recipe 3. What function might I use to perform a partial search with multiple results.

My follow up question is that if you are able to retrieve the appropriate recipes for each symbol, could you then join the results using a joint text function and place it in the proper location in the table. Example: Underneath symbol "m" in the table, this would yield "Recipe 1 & Recipe 3"

Thank you for your help.

[TABLE="width: 400"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]mwf[/TD]
[TD]Recipe1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]monday[/TD]
[TD]m[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]m[/TD]
[TD]t[/TD]
[TD]w[/TD]
[TD]r[/TD]
[TD]f[/TD]
[TD]s[/TD]
[TD]n[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]trs[/TD]
[TD]recipe 2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]tuesday[/TD]
[TD]t[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]?[/TD]
[TD]?[/TD]
[TD]?[/TD]
[TD]?[/TD]
[TD]?[/TD]
[TD]?[/TD]
[TD]?[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]mw[/TD]
[TD]recipe 3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]wednesday[/TD]
[TD]w[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]sn[/TD]
[TD]recipe 4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]thursday[/TD]
[TD]r[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]trsn[/TD]
[TD]recipe 5[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]friday[/TD]
[TD]f[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]saturday[/TD]
[TD]s[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]sunday[/TD]
[TD]n[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
 

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3trsrecipe 2tuesdaytrecipe 3recipe 5recipe 3recipe 5recipe 4recipe 5
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6trsnrecipe 5fridayf
7saturdays
8sundayn
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F2{=IFERROR(INDEX($B$2:$B$6,SMALL(IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(F$1,$A$2:$A$6)),ROW($A$2:$A$6)-ROW($A$2)+1),ROWS($1:1))),"")}
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