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formula1234

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I have 2 files. FileA contains the item names. FileB contains a list of keywords. I need a formula that I can use on FileA on the second column that will scan all the keywords listed in FileB and put "1" if it matches and 0 if it doesn't match. I really need help on this. I need it for work and its due tomorrow. Thank you everyone!​
 

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Maybe something like this.
Excel Workbook
ABCDE
1File AKey WordMatchFileB
2K10K2
3K21K3
4K31K4
5K41K5
6K10K6
7K61K24
8K70K8
9K241K9
10K91K10
Sheet
 
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hi

Can you make the formula to match partial as well? lets say there is a keyword that is "K1 cool" and the file B has only "k1" I need it to be "1". Thanks!
 
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Hi,

It's not as strict here, but you really should consider reading the forum rules if you want help without hipcups.

How about this:


Book1
AB
1red hat1
2black hat1
3purple hat0
4pink hat1
Sheet17
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
B1=--OR(ISNUMBER(LOOKUP(2,1/SEARCH(A1,Sheet18!A$1:A$5))),ISNUMBER(LOOKUP(2,1/SEARCH(Sheet18!A$1:A$5,A1))))



Book1
A
1red hat is cool
2black hat
3blue hat
4cool red hat
5pink
Sheet18


Change/adjust cell references/range as needed, change sheet names to match yours.
 
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thanks i really appreciate your help. But is there some sort of search limit that you put on the formula? because if I move the keyword "red hat is cool" down to row 100, it won't work.
 
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In B2 of FileA enter and copy down:

=ISNUMBER(LOOKUP(9.99999999999999E+307,SEARCH(" "&[FileB.xlsx]Sheet1!A$2:A$5&" "," "&A2&" ")))+0

where A2:A5 of Sheet1 in FileB houses the keywords of interest.
 
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As I said at the bottom of my post #5 , you Need to adjust the cell references/ranges to match your data set.
 
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