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Custom Filtering more than 2 options
I have a list of data in each cell. I would like to be able to filter the
spreadsheet based on certain text within the cells. Therefore, in the example below if I were looking for only Dog or Cat data in column A, I would use an AutoFilter and use the costum auto filter option and type: contains Dog or Cat, and only rows that have Dog or Cat in them would appear. However, what if I would like it to contain 3 different items from the list, Dog, Cat, and Fish? Example: ColumnA Dog,Cat Dog, Mouse,Cat Mouse,Dog Fish Fish,Cat Fish,Mouse |
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Custom Filtering more than 2 options
Here's one non-array formulas play ..
Assuming source data is in A2 down Let's say E2:E10 will be where the list of text such as: dog, cat, fish, etc will be input (the "input range") Put in B2: =IF(COUNT(C:C)<ROW(A1),"",INDEX(A:A,MATCH(SMALL(C: C,ROW(A1)),C:C,0))) Put in C2: =IF(SUMPRODUCT(ISNUMBER(SEARCH($E$2:$E$10,A2))*($E $2:$E$10<""))0,ROW(),"") (Leave C1 empty) Select B2:C2, fill down to the last row of data in col A Col B will extract the required results We could replace SEARCH with FIND in the criteria formulas in col C if case sensitivity searching is needed for the items listed in the input range (SEARCH is not case sensitive) Adapt to suit .. -- Max Singapore http://savefile.com/projects/236895 xdemechanik --- "Visual Calendar Dilemma" wrote: I have a list of data in each cell. I would like to be able to filter the spreadsheet based on certain text within the cells. Therefore, in the example below if I were looking for only Dog or Cat data in column A, I would use an AutoFilter and use the costum auto filter option and type: contains Dog or Cat, and only rows that have Dog or Cat in them would appear. However, what if I would like it to contain 3 different items from the list, Dog, Cat, and Fish? Example: ColumnA Dog,Cat Dog, Mouse,Cat Mouse,Dog Fish Fish,Cat Fish,Mouse |
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