This should work...

If Not IsError(Range("AnyCups").Find(NewCupSN1.Value, _
LookAt:=xlPart, MatchCase:=False)) Then

where the xlPart tells the Find function to find the text within any single
cell within the AnyCups range even if the text is embedded within a larger
text string in that cell... use xlWhole if you want the match to be for a
cell's entire content.

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Rick (MVP - Excel)


"ed" wrote in message
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Howdy!

I'm having some difficulty figuring out how to do the following, or
even if it can be done.

I've got a variable value that's a text string that is determined by
user entry on a form. I need to compare that variable to a range of
cells and if it appears in ANY cell in that range return a message
box. The range of cells is assigned a name through the define name
function.

The primary problem I've got is this needs to be nested in an IF
statement.

This may look a little silly becuase its not a valid statement, but in
essence what I need is this:

IF NewCupSN1.value = Names("AllCups").ANY.value Then
blah blah blah........

Any guidance would be much appreciated.