How to Search down a column fo a specific number of digits
Good Morning,
I am wondering what formula or how i could go about searching for a specific number of digits in a cell down a column.
I Have For example:
4213211_ghdjk_null_2_
4213212_ghdjk_null_7_
and I want to use the isnumber(match( formula in conjnuction so i can compare the first 7 digits in column B data with that of the one listed above which is in column A.
So overall i want to search within column "A" using the data in column "B" and return a "True" if the data is found in column "A" and "False" if "B" column data is not found in "A". But i must limit the isnumber(Match( formula to 7 digits (or values, not well educated with excel) otherwise it will return with a false due to the "_ghdjk_null_2_" string at the end.
A B c
1 4213211_ghdjk_null_2_ 4213212 True
2 4213212_ghdjk_null_7_ 4213211 True
Simply doing a search will not suffice, too much data.
could be explained in a much simpler fashion, but my lack of experience with excel makes it difficult.
Thank You
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