On 11 Feb, 19:00, "T. Valko" wrote:
I'm sure there must be a formula for this!

For what? You haven't clearly stated what it is you want to do!

So far, all we know is that you have a list of stock symbols and might have
a cell with a sentence that might contain one of those symbols. What do you
want to do? Do you want to know if a symbol from the list is contained in
that sentence?

Here's something that might get you started.

Assume the list of symbols is in the range A2:A5

C2 = I think SEDG is a very popular stock.

This formula will return SEDG because it is in both the list and the
sentence. Enter this formula as an array using the key combination of
CTRL,SHIFT,ENTER (not just ENTER):

=INDEX(A2:A5,MATCH(TRUE,ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A2:A5,C2)) ,0))

If no symbol from the list is found in the sentence the formula will return
#N/A.

Biff

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Hi, I have been trying for DAYS to get this problem solved. I have a
list of stock symbols and a cell which may contain a value from the
list.

For example

Stock Symbols

ADNC
SEDG
EDSW
TFDE

And a cell that could contain a value from the list.
Eg.

"I think SEDG is a very popular stock."

I have seen on the net "code", but I'm sure there must be a formula
for this! I would be interested to see what it is.

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THANK YOU SOOOOOOO much!!!!

I have been going over and over in my head trying to find a solution.
Also, thanks for the speedy reply.

Sorry, I'll explain what I really want from this. I just needed some
sort of help!

I have a long list of details about stocks, in column A. Within this
"sentence" or "paragraph" could be a symbol from a long range of stock
symbols. (I hope I'm making sense!?) Your formula is FANTASTIC for one
cell containing a paragraph. But I have many "paragraphs".

I have two options. Do CTRL SHIFT ENTER on all the cells or ..... you
give me another formula ha ha!

Thanks again, I just needed a way to find whether the cell contains
that value. To return true or false and so on and your formula is a
good start. If there is no other way then I'll do it for many cells.