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clerk

searching for specific text
 
well, maybe you'll know how to do it with the bigger picture. I'll give you
an €Žexample: there is a textbox column that might contain the sentence "a box
of €Žchocolate". I have another column that needs to say what kind of candy
(from a €Žknown list of possibly candy) it is the first column. now I need a
function that will €Žautomatically finds which of the keywords is in the
textbox column and gives the €Žanswer in the second column.€Ž

exceluserforeman

searching for specific text
 
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"clerk" wrote:

well, maybe you'll know how to do it with the bigger picture. I'll give you
an €Žexample: there is a textbox column that might contain the sentence "a box
of €Žchocolate". I have another column that needs to say what kind of candy
(from a €Žknown list of possibly candy) it is the first column. now I need a
function that will €Žautomatically finds which of the keywords is in the
textbox column and gives the €Žanswer in the second column.€Ž



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