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Searching out Phrases in What-If Scenarios

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tylernicoll Posts 2 Registration date Thursday June 9, 2016 Status Member Last seen June 9, 2016 - Jun 9, 2016 at 07:07 PM
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Hello,
I am having a hard time figuring out this What-If formula. I have my employees make notes in Cell A. So A1 might read "The customer came into the store wearing a red hoody" and cell A2 might read "The customer came in with a backpack." I am trying to have the spreadsheet "flag" the cell that contains the word "hoody" or "Backpack." My problem is this.. when I do =if(A1="hoody", "Yes", "no") the result always comes back as no because there are more words in the cell. Has anyone found a work around that would filter out the word "hoody" within that cell?

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Jun 9, 2016 at 07:19 PM
Try the FIND function?

I think SEARCH will do it!
It's kind of fun to do the impossible! -Walter Elias Disney
tylernicoll Posts 2 Registration date Thursday June 9, 2016 Status Member Last seen June 9, 2016
Jun 9, 2016 at 07:41 PM
I have never used that function before.... I will search it out and see how I can use it. I am trying to search out 4 different words within my spreadsheet. The words appear in different cells, so I will need to create a lengthy what-if statement. This should be interesting.

Ex: A1 will say "Guy in red hat"
A2 will say "Normal guy"
A3 will say "Guy in hoody shirt"

I want to create a what-if scenario that will identify "hat" or "hoody" within those cells in Cell B1-B3. I want to search though a lot of data identifying that information. Thanks for the tip.
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Jun 9, 2016 at 08:12 PM
Me neither! But at least there is a lead! We don't do turn key solutions! Post some code when you are stuck, there are some PRETTY SMART programmers around here, that are willing to help when you are stuck!
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vcoolio Posts 1411 Registration date Thursday July 24, 2014 Status Moderator Last seen September 6, 2024 262
Jun 10, 2016 at 01:58 AM
Hello Tylernicoll,

Have a look at the following link:-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/wfbrnz5jjpp3uha/EST.xlsx?dl=0

I'm sure its pretty close to what you would like. The original Poster was searching for two particular words (sentences in Column J) returning the result in Column A where the formula has been dragged down. You probably get the drift of the formula so just change the words and cell references to suit yourself and add a couple of more arguments for the additional two words you wish to find.

I hope that this helps.
Cheerio,
vcoolio.
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Jun 10, 2016 at 10:07 PM
Thank you vcoolio!

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