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Filtering (I'm guessing)
Anybody know how I would extract Excel cells that contain a specific item of
information? For example: I would like to extract the cells below that contain the word "dog": Cell B1 -- cat, dog, fish Cell B2 -- cat, fish, cat Cell B3 -- dog, fish, cat Cell B4 -- fish, dog, fish Cell B5 -- cat, cat, fish Is there a comand that would extract cells B1, B3, B4 that contain the word "dog"? Thanks, Mike |
Filtering (I'm guessing)
Depending on what you mean with "Extract". This formula in column C will
show a different value if there is a dog in column B or not: =IF(ISERROR(FIND("dog",B1)),"No dog","Dog found") Is this what you are looking for? Miguel. "Filtering (I'm guessing)" wrote: Anybody know how I would extract Excel cells that contain a specific item of information? For example: I would like to extract the cells below that contain the word "dog": Cell B1 -- cat, dog, fish Cell B2 -- cat, fish, cat Cell B3 -- dog, fish, cat Cell B4 -- fish, dog, fish Cell B5 -- cat, cat, fish Is there a comand that would extract cells B1, B3, B4 that contain the word "dog"? Thanks, Mike |
Filtering (I'm guessing)
Select your column of data. From the Data Menu, select Filter, then
AutoFilter. You should now see a dropdown arrow in the header row of your column. Click the arrow, then select "Custom" from the list. Change the selection to "Contains" and then type in "dog". HTH, Elkar "Filtering (I'm guessing)" wrote: Anybody know how I would extract Excel cells that contain a specific item of information? For example: I would like to extract the cells below that contain the word "dog": Cell B1 -- cat, dog, fish Cell B2 -- cat, fish, cat Cell B3 -- dog, fish, cat Cell B4 -- fish, dog, fish Cell B5 -- cat, cat, fish Is there a comand that would extract cells B1, B3, B4 that contain the word "dog"? Thanks, Mike |
Filtering (I'm guessing)
Elker,
Thank you. You were right on the money. Mike "Elkar" wrote: Select your column of data. From the Data Menu, select Filter, then AutoFilter. You should now see a dropdown arrow in the header row of your column. Click the arrow, then select "Custom" from the list. Change the selection to "Contains" and then type in "dog". HTH, Elkar "Filtering (I'm guessing)" wrote: Anybody know how I would extract Excel cells that contain a specific item of information? For example: I would like to extract the cells below that contain the word "dog": Cell B1 -- cat, dog, fish Cell B2 -- cat, fish, cat Cell B3 -- dog, fish, cat Cell B4 -- fish, dog, fish Cell B5 -- cat, cat, fish Is there a comand that would extract cells B1, B3, B4 that contain the word "dog"? Thanks, Mike |
Filtering (I'm guessing)
Miquel,
Thanks, I'll work with it. I see the approach that you are taking. Mike "Miguel Zapico" wrote: Depending on what you mean with "Extract". This formula in column C will show a different value if there is a dog in column B or not: =IF(ISERROR(FIND("dog",B1)),"No dog","Dog found") Is this what you are looking for? Miguel. "Filtering (I'm guessing)" wrote: Anybody know how I would extract Excel cells that contain a specific item of information? For example: I would like to extract the cells below that contain the word "dog": Cell B1 -- cat, dog, fish Cell B2 -- cat, fish, cat Cell B3 -- dog, fish, cat Cell B4 -- fish, dog, fish Cell B5 -- cat, cat, fish Is there a comand that would extract cells B1, B3, B4 that contain the word "dog"? Thanks, Mike |
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