Return a value after searching a list for any of the terms in another list?

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Hi,

I have a table of student schedules that I need to search for any of a long list of different classes (Math 1, Math 2, etc.) in a named range (Math). If the search finds any of the courses from the named range in a student’s schedule it would return what period of the day the student has that class. Students' names are in column 1, while the next 6 columns are periods 1, 2, 3… Is there any easy way to search for these (Math 1, Math 2, Math 3, and another 12) in table like the one below and return the last column? What function or formula would I use to get the last column in the table below? I’ve tried just about everything I can think of. Thanks.

123456Math Period?
Student AMath 1ELASpanish 1PEWorld HistoryBiology1
Student BELAPESpanish 3US HistoryMath 3Chemistry5
Student CELATAWoodshopMath 2BiologyArt4
Student DMath 1Spanish 1PEBiologyELAWorld History1
 

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22 03 09.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1123456Math Period?
2Student AMath 1ELASpanish 1PEWorld HistoryBiology1
3Student BELAPESpanish 3US HistoryMath 3Chemistry5
4Student CELATAWoodshopMath 2BiologyArt4
5Student DMath 1Spanish 1PEBiologyELAWorld History1
Classes
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
H2:H5H2=MATCH("Math*",B2:G2,0)
 
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Welcome to the MrExcel board!

Is this what you mean?

22 03 09.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1123456Math Period?
2Student AMath 1ELASpanish 1PEWorld HistoryBiology1
3Student BELAPESpanish 3US HistoryMath 3Chemistry5
4Student CELATAWoodshopMath 2BiologyArt4
5Student DMath 1Spanish 1PEBiologyELAWorld History1
Classes
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
H2:H5H2=MATCH("Math*",B2:G2,0)
Thanks. Sort of. I can't use the wildcard because not all the course names have the term "math" - like "statistics" or "calculus". I have a named range called "Math" with all the course names in it (I don't know if that makes it easier or harder).

When I try the match function I get an array that spills down into the next row with "#N/A", and then eventually the correct period shows up In the list of "#N/A"s. Sorta like the list below, except longer. Thanks.

#N/A
#N/A
#/NA
6
#N/a
 
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Is it more like this then?

22 03 09.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJ
1123456Language ClassLanguage
2Student AMath 1ELASpanish 1PEWorld HistoryBiology3Spanish 1
3Student BELAPESpanish 3US HistoryFrench 2Chemistry3, 5Spanish 2
4Student CELATAWoodshopMath 2BiologyFrench 26Spanish 3
5Student DMath 1Spanish 1PEBiologyELAWorld History2French 1
6French 2
7
Classes
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
H2:H5H2=TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(B$1:G$1,ISNUMBER(MATCH(B2:G2,Language,0)),""))
Named Ranges
NameRefers ToCells
Language=Classes!$J$2:$J$6H2:H5
 
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Is it more like this then?

22 03 09.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJ
1123456Language ClassLanguage
2Student AMath 1ELASpanish 1PEWorld HistoryBiology3Spanish 1
3Student BELAPESpanish 3US HistoryFrench 2Chemistry3, 5Spanish 2
4Student CELATAWoodshopMath 2BiologyFrench 26Spanish 3
5Student DMath 1Spanish 1PEBiologyELAWorld History2French 1
6French 2
7
Classes
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
H2:H5H2=TEXTJOIN(", ",1,FILTER(B$1:G$1,ISNUMBER(MATCH(B2:G2,Language,0)),""))
Named Ranges
NameRefers ToCells
Language=Classes!$J$2:$J$6H2:H5
You sir are a wonderful human being. I spent hours trying to figure that out. I will have to study that for a bit and figure out what it means. Thank you.
 
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You're welcome. Thanks for the follow-up. :)

(For future questions, consider XL2BB for your sample data.)
 
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