Suppose you have these values in a range of cells:

D1 = ABC
D2 = (empty)
D3 = CC
D4 = BBC

A1 = ADFGBBC IIO

Formula entered as an array using the key combination of CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER
(not just ENTER):

=INDEX(D1:D4,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(SEARCH(IF(D1:D4< "",D1:D4),A1)),0))

Biff

"Nir" wrote in message
...
Hi,
I have an array where some of the cells contain strings and some are
blank.
I am looking for a formula that finds a string from the array within
another
string and resualts the string found.

e.g find within the array below a string in "ADFGBBC IIO" == result
should
be "BBC"
===
ABC

CC
BBC
===


thanks