It worked for me using the example you provided, what does not work? Using
your own example I got

FALSE
TRUE
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE



Of course I assumed that CATALOG is a named range and the values are in A,
if not CATALOG is a named range and your parts are in column C replace
CATALOG with

=(COUNTIF(C:C,A1)+COUNTIF(C:C,"* "&A1&" *")+COUNTIF(C:C,A1&"
*")+COUNTIF(C:C,"* "&A1))0

this formula looks for if the value in A is the only value in the lookup
range, it looks if it is part of the range where it is spaces to the left
and to the right, it looks if it starts with it and then space before the
rest and finally if it ends with it with space preceding it

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon




"micmed" wrote in message
...
Thanks for you effort Peo, but that does not work.
Ron's =SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A1,CATALOG)))0 is the closest I have
gotten. Is there a way to use the EXACT function together with this?

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote:

How about

=(COUNTIF(CATALOG,A1)+COUNTIF(CATALOG,"* "&A1&" *")+COUNTIF(CATALOG,A1&"
*")+COUNTIF(CATALOG,"* "&A1))0

--
Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Portland, Oregon




"micmed" wrote in message
...
What I need to know is if the part number in Col_A can or cannot be
found
in
its exact form within the text of Array CATALOG. I do not want a
positive
return if the part number text has anything immediately before or
after.

Col_A CATALOG
Col_C
602 $602.35
No
456-T 456-T .......$25/ft
Yes
34-5678 Blue Arc Cover 34-5678
Yes
FL-975 Green 25-FL-975
No
3K-23G-85 $56.95 3K-23G-85 Plus
Yes
WPL-1176 WPL- $1176
No

=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A1,CATALOG)))0
gives me every match regardless if it is exact or not.

I have 30K line items to search. This will really help me a lot.
Thanks,


"Ron Coderre" wrote:

While it may be possible to delineate ALL of the rules regarding part
numbers, I suspect it may not be practical. Is what you already have
acceptable or do you need to trap the most common patterns or negative
indicators (no leading $, etc)? If you want the latter, give some
thought
to
what you must have and post back with the new rules. That way you can
get
one
comprehensive solution.

***********
Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP-Pro


"micmed" wrote:

Thanks to Ron and Kostis. These worked with one caveat. Can the
formula
be
modified so that only exact matches are returned. For example A1 is
602, I
want it only to search for 602 and not $602.35 or CR602-12 etc.



"vezerid" wrote:

I think the solution is in a minor modification of Ron's formula.
The
suggested formula

=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A1,CATALOG)))=1

returns TRUE only if the code in A1 appears exactly once in
CATALOG
and
I suspect this is not the case. I suggest you modify to:

=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A1,CATALOG)))<0

HTH
Kostis Vezerides