Dear All,

I found the following beautiful formula from one question raised by Mr
Brantty on 01/08/2005 and the answer is prepared by Mr Biff.

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"USDA","GRADE"},C1))),1,"" )

I would like to apply the search by data field instead of specified data
like "USDA". My search data involve more than 2 criteria and they change
every time that it would be very troublesome to modify the formula every time.

I tried =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({$A$1,$A$2},C1))),1,"") , but it does not work.

In my case I prefer not to use vlookup or VBA or macro in order to ease the
users.

Thanks

Frances

Try...

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH($A$1:$A$2,C1))),1,"")

....confirmed with CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER, not just ENTER.

Hope this helps!

In article ,
"Frances" wrote:

Dear All,

I found the following beautiful formula from one question raised by Mr
Brantty on 01/08/2005 and the answer is prepared by Mr Biff.

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"USDA","GRADE"},C1))),1,"" )

I would like to apply the search by data field instead of specified data
like "USDA". My search data involve more than 2 criteria and they change
every time that it would be very troublesome to modify the formula every time.

I tried =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({$A$1,$A$2},C1))),1,"") , but it does not work.

In my case I prefer not to use vlookup or VBA or macro in order to ease the
users.

Thanks

Frances

Domenic:

Thank you very very for your help.

Frances

"Domenic" wrote:

Try...

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH($A$1:$A$2,C1))),1,"")

....confirmed with CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER, not just ENTER.

Hope this helps!

In article ,
"Frances" wrote:

Dear All,

I found the following beautiful formula from one question raised by Mr
Brantty on 01/08/2005 and the answer is prepared by Mr Biff.

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"USDA","GRADE"},C1))),1,"" )

I would like to apply the search by data field instead of specified data
like "USDA". My search data involve more than 2 criteria and they change
every time that it would be very troublesome to modify the formula every time.

I tried =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({$A$1,$A$2},C1))),1,"") , but it does not work.

In my case I prefer not to use vlookup or VBA or macro in order to ease the
users.

Thanks

Frances

Dear Domenic,

Thanks very much for your help with the formula below.

How can I apply this formula to the conditional formatting as I want to
highlight the data found?

Frances

"Domenic" wrote:

Try...

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH($A$1:$A$2,C1))),1,"")

....confirmed with CONTROL+SHIFT+ENTER, not just ENTER.

Hope this helps!

In article ,
"Frances" wrote:

Dear All,

I found the following beautiful formula from one question raised by Mr
Brantty on 01/08/2005 and the answer is prepared by Mr Biff.

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"USDA","GRADE"},C1))),1,"" )

I would like to apply the search by data field instead of specified data
like "USDA". My search data involve more than 2 criteria and they change
every time that it would be very troublesome to modify the formula every time.

I tried =IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH({$A$1,$A$2},C1))),1,"") , but it does not work.

In my case I prefer not to use vlookup or VBA or macro in order to ease the
users.

Thanks

Frances