Is the top line "12345678" always complete? In other words will the
bit positions (I am assuming they are bits based on your eplanation)
always be present and the bottom line "ABCDEFGH" only be present when
data is detected?

I ask because to do what you want, I think a range will have to be
built from the 2 strings then do the selection based on the "built"
string.


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