At this point I'd need to see file to actually see what you're trying to do.
From my vantage point I can't tell why the formula is not working.

Here's what I've been able to figure out from your posts...

You're searching a column of data to see if any entries contain some value.
You're getting the addresses of any cells that contain that value. Then
you're using another formula to return that value.

This could be done in a single step instead of 2 steps but like I said
above, I'd need to see what you're doing.

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"ryguy7272" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the follow-up Biff. Ya know, I thought I understood the logic,
so
I popped a count function into B1:
=COUNT(B2:B65536)

This gives me a count of the used cells in Row B. I changed the search
criteria a little, so now there are 13 rows (I had over 43 before). There
are four different values in Column A, and the first one is repeated 8
times.
This is confirmed with your function:
=COUNT(SEARCH($A2,'Import Sheet'!$A$1:$A$65000)) (CSE)

This is fine. The second value is found once, the third one is found
twice,
and the fourth one is found twice. Again, there are a total of 13 values
(4
unique) in Column A and 13 values (4 unique) in Column B. I changed your
second function to the following:
=IF(ROWS(C2:C$2)<=B$1,"A"&SMALL(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH (A2,'Import
Sheet'!A$1:A$65000)),ROW('Import Sheet'!A$1:A$65000)),ROWS(C2:C$2)),"")
(CSE)

Now, since Cell B1 has the value 13 in it, I would think the second
function
would give me every cell address on the Import sheet that match the values
on
the active sheet, but the second function stops at row 8 (it doesn't go
down
13 rows). Is this enough information to understand what is happening? I
would really like to get this straightened out before the weekend. I'm
going
to fuss around with it a little more. If you see something I don't see,
please post back.


Thanks so much,
Ryan---


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RyGuy


"T. Valko" wrote:

There are a total of 30 After 30 rows, which is the number that results
from
the Count-Search function, I get #NUM! Is there a workaround?

That's what this portion of the formula is for: (B2 should be absolute as
I
noted in my other reply: B$2)

=IF(ROWS(C2:C$2)<=B2

If B2 holds this formula and the result is 30:

=COUNT(SEARCH($A7,'Import Sheet'!$A$1:$A$65000))

This expression: =IF(ROWS(C2:C$2)<=B2

Compares the number of rows the formula is copied to against the value in
B2. If the number of rows is greater than B2 then the formula returns a
blank. This is used as a form of error trap that is shorter and more
efficient than trapping errors when they occur from the SMALL function.
If
there are 30 items that meet the criteria then SMALL(array,31) returns
#NUM!. The above expression is more efficient to use to trap these
expected
errors.

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"ryguy7272" wrote in message
...
I think you are right, the formula returns a blank because the
expressions
evaluate to be greater than the number returned by this formula:
=COUNT(SEARCH($A7,'Import Sheet'!$A$1:$A$65000))

There are a total of 30 After 30 rows, which is the number that results
from
the Count-Search function, I get #NUM! Is there a workaround?

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RyGuy


"T. Valko" wrote:

I'm having a hard time trying to "visualize" where you're inserting
rows.

A couple of observations:

Some of the references in the formula need to be absolute:

=IF(ROWS(C2:C$2)<=B2,"A"&SMALL(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH( A2,'Import
Sheet'!A$1:A$65000)),ROW('Import
Sheet'!A$1:A$65000)),ROWS(C2:C$2)),"")

B2 should be B$2
A2 should be A$2

Also, depending on where you're inserting rows will change these
expressions:

=IF(ROWS(C2:C$2)
ROWS(C2:C$2)

If these expressions evaluate to be greater than the number returned
by
this
formula:

=COUNT(SEARCH($A7,'Import Sheet'!$A$1:$A$65000))

Then the formula returns a blank. Is that what you mean by stopped
counting?

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"ryguy7272" wrote in message
...
I have a follow-up question for T Valko.

Can you offer some kind of modification, or alternative, to the
second
function (below) that you gave me yesterday?

In the form that you gave all functions to me, all functions worked
great!
However, I made some modifications, and now I have a problem here.

I used your first function, and ended up counting the number of
matches,
between items in my Column A on the active sheet, and items in
Column A
on
the Import Sheet:
=COUNT(SEARCH($A7,'Import Sheet'!$A$1:$A$65000))
CSE, of course. This function is in my Column B of the active
sheet,
and
this works fine.

Then, I used your second function, and found all cell addresses on
the
Import Sheet, which is what I wanted:
=IF(ROWS(C2:C$2)<=B2,"A"&SMALL(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH( A2,'Import
Sheet'!A$1:A$65000)),ROW('Import
Sheet'!A$1:A$65000)),ROWS(C2:C$2)),"")
This function is in my Column C.

Finally, I used your third function:
=INDIRECT("'Import Sheet'!"&E2)
This function is in my Column D.

I then inserted rows in Column A, sort of as place holders, for each
of
the
numbers which are in Column B of the active sheet. This allowed me
to
show
each of the cell addresses (Column C of my active sheet) and each
bit
of
text
from these cell addresses (Column D of my active sheet). So, I
thought
everything was going to be roses, but then I realized the second
function
stops counting when I inserted those rows in my Column A! Do you
have
any
idea what could be causing this? Does anyone have an alternative to
look
up
cell addresses, such as Address & Vlookup? Tried a few
combinations
of
things and nothing seemed to work.....


Cordially,
Ryan---


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RyGuy