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Find a cell's content in another cell but only as whole word(s)
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a1 adam takes a walk b1 dam take b2 adam takes What should I use in c1 and c2 to determine that b2 is within a1 as whole words(TRUE) but b1 is not within a1 as whole words(FALSE)? |
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Find a cell's content in another cell but only as whole word(s)
Hi Paul
I haven't done exhaustive testing, but this seems to return the result you want =IF(ISERROR(EXACT(FIND(B2&" ",$B$1),FIND($B$1,$B$1))),FALSE,TRUE) -- Regards Roger Govier "Paul" wrote in message ... cell text a1 adam takes a walk b1 dam take b2 adam takes What should I use in c1 and c2 to determine that b2 is within a1 as whole words(TRUE) but b1 is not within a1 as whole words(FALSE)? |
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Find a cell's content in another cell but only as whole word(s)
Hi,
Try this IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(B1&" ",$A$1,1)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH(B1,$A$1,1)))=FALSE,"FAL SE","TRUE") -- Regards, Ashish Mathur Microsoft Excel MVP www.ashishmathur.com "Paul" wrote in message ... cell text a1 adam takes a walk b1 dam take b2 adam takes What should I use in c1 and c2 to determine that b2 is within a1 as whole words(TRUE) but b1 is not within a1 as whole words(FALSE)? |
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