Hi,

I have a column of cells with different text in them.

I would like to make a formula that splits these up in categories based
on the text they contain.

I therefore need a formula that for all cells containing the word
"Carlsson" somewhere in the cell, returns a certain value, similarly
for all cells containing for instance "IBM", the formula should return
a certain value.
For all the other cells that haven't been specified, it should for
instance return "Other" as value.

I have tried to use an if sentence saying
=IF(LEFT(A1;4)="Carl";"Carlsson";Other)
That one works when the cells starts with "Carlsson", but the other
ones contain the values i am looking for in the middle of the text
strings.

A pivot table is not an option, as the cells all contain different
albeit similar values.

Can anyone help?

Thx. Lars


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=IF(COUNTIF(A1,"*Carlsson*")0,"Carlsson","Other")


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Hi,

I have a column of cells with different text in them.

I would like to make a formula that splits these up in categories based
on the text they contain.

I therefore need a formula that for all cells containing the word
"Carlsson" somewhere in the cell, returns a certain value, similarly
for all cells containing for instance "IBM", the formula should return
a certain value.
For all the other cells that haven't been specified, it should for
instance return "Other" as value.

I have tried to use an if sentence saying
=IF(LEFT(A1;4)="Carl";"Carlsson";Other)
That one works when the cells starts with "Carlsson", but the other
ones contain the values i am looking for in the middle of the text
strings.

A pivot table is not an option, as the cells all contain different
albeit similar values.

Can anyone help?

Thx. Lars


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Try:

=IF(SEARCH("Carlsson",A1),"Carlsson","Other")


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Note that this will return an error if not found, not "Other"
You need to use either isnumber or iserror like in

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Carlsson",A1)),"Carlsson","Ot her")

=IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("Carlsson",A1)),"Other","Carlss on")

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Try:

=IF(SEARCH("Carlsson",A1),"Carlsson","Other")


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Peo Sjoblom Wrote:
Note that this will return an error if not found, not "Other"
You need to use either isnumber or iserror like in

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Carlsson",A1)),"Carlsson","Ot her")

=IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("Carlsson",A1)),"Other","Carlss on")

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Thanks. Didn't catch that.


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Thx guys mighty nice of you...:)


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