format cell to search text in another cell
I'm trying to make it so that when text is typed in a cell, other cells will
read it, and if the text includes certain letters (like "ss" in "dssl" or "ssdl") then it would insert "N/A" in the appropriate cells. i also want it to be able to look for more than one thing. Not case sesitive. Below is by no means code, but i don't know how else to explain it. For instance in cell C14 (IF C3 = "*ss" or "*bl1" then "N/A" else " ") I tried =IF(SEARCH("SS", C6,1)0,"N/A", " ") But it only worked if it were true, otherwise it errored, and only satisfied half my need. |
format cell to search text in another cell
For SS only how about
=IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("SS",C6,1))=TRUE," ","N/A") Can be modified for other searches -- Gary's Student "Newbie Bob" wrote: I'm trying to make it so that when text is typed in a cell, other cells will read it, and if the text includes certain letters (like "ss" in "dssl" or "ssdl") then it would insert "N/A" in the appropriate cells. i also want it to be able to look for more than one thing. Not case sesitive. Below is by no means code, but i don't know how else to explain it. For instance in cell C14 (IF C3 = "*ss" or "*bl1" then "N/A" else " ") I tried =IF(SEARCH("SS", C6,1)0,"N/A", " ") But it only worked if it were true, otherwise it errored, and only satisfied half my need. |
format cell to search text in another cell
Try this:
=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("ss",C3)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH(" bl1",C3))),"N/A","") -- HTH, RD ============================================== Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit! ============================================== "Newbie Bob" <Newbie wrote in message ... I'm trying to make it so that when text is typed in a cell, other cells will read it, and if the text includes certain letters (like "ss" in "dssl" or "ssdl") then it would insert "N/A" in the appropriate cells. i also want it to be able to look for more than one thing. Not case sesitive. Below is by no means code, but i don't know how else to explain it. For instance in cell C14 (IF C3 = "*ss" or "*bl1" then "N/A" else " ") I tried =IF(SEARCH("SS", C6,1)0,"N/A", " ") But it only worked if it were true, otherwise it errored, and only satisfied half my need. |
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