Hi John

Is it not just a case of
=SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(FIND($A$1:$A$7,D1)))*$B$1:$B$7)
or am I missing something.

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Regards

Roger Govier


"Toppers" wrote in message
...
Roger,
There is a list of corresponding values (A,B,C etc) with
the
search arguments so building on your solution with table in columns A
& B:

=IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(FIND($A$1:$A$7,$E$12)))*ROW($A$1:$A$7)), INDEX($B$1:$B$7,SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(FIND($A$1:$A$7,$E$12)))*ROW($A$1:$A$7)), 0),"Not
OK")

I am sure you can improve on this!

"Roger Govier" wrote:

Hi

Unless you are using XL2007, there is a limit of 7 for nested
functions.
If you create a list of your 7 items you are looking for in say cells
A1:A7, then you could use

=IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(FIND($A$1:$A$7,D1)))),"G","Not OK")

Note I have used Find as this is case sensitive as opposed to Search.
Clearly your list can be more than 7 items, just extend the range
A1:A7
to cover the number of items concerned.
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Regards

Roger Govier


"ah" wrote in message
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Hi;

I get an error when I use the following statement:

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Cost
Center",E12)),"A",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("OM",E12)),"B ",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Bank
Information",E12)),"C",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Departm ent",E12)),"D",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Promotion",E12) ),"E",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Reports
To",E12)),"F",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("SAL",E12)),"G"," Not OK")))))))

The error message is as follows:
The formula you type contains an error

Can anyone help me with this?