A colleague has asked for help producing a formula and it has me stumped.
What she has is two files, one contains a list of devices where column A
contains the TAG Number of the Device, and Column B contains a Description of
the Device.
The Second File is a 'Cabling Schedule' where column D (may or may not)
contain the Description of a Device, and could contain more information about
it than the Device File. Column E of this File contains the number of the
Cable Schedule/ Drawing, that my colleague wants returned to the Device File
once a match is found.
EG: (sample) Device File
(A) 123456 (B) Solenoid Valve
(A) 234567 (B) Solenoid Valve
EG (sample) Cable Schedule
(D) Conveyor P207 Solenoid Valve 123456 Junction Box (E) 060-E-12345
(D) Conveyor P207 Local Control Station Solenoid Valve 123456 (E) 060-E-12345
(D) Motor Control Centre 243567 (E) 061-E-2456

Thing is, there is no consistancy to the character length of the TAG number,
nor is there any specific location where the TAG number may be contained in
the text of Col (D) in the second of the two files, and once it is located,
the contents of Column E are to be placed in Column C of the Device File.