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    Index Match with Partial Match in Lookup Array

    This is doing my head in because I am sure I have done it before, but just can't get the syntax right!

    I have this on my summary sheet:

    Excel 2010 32 bit
    B
    C
    D
    E
    F
    G
    2
    ID First Language
    Gender
    Boarder
    House
    Academic Scholar
    3
    4
    5
    1630512497 English
    F
    HD
    6
    0912236113857 English
    F
    RL
    7
    141933705547 English
    M
    Y
    SV
    8
    1634630165 English
    M
    CW
    9
    141022705547 English
    F
    Y
    HD
    10
    1637242533 English
    M
    RL
    Y
    Sheet: Summary Data

    I am trying to populate the academic scholar column with "Y" if the corresponding row here contains the word "Academic":

    Excel 2010 32 bit
    F
    L
    1
    Scholarship List SchoolID
    2
    141933705547
    3
    135903705547
    4
    Sailing 130239705547
    5
    132411705547
    6
    102451705547
    7
    104143705547
    8
    165353705547
    9
    0913041499961
    10
    Music 1733060042
    11
    0913115655475
    12
    Academic, Music 131341705547
    13
    Sailing 151120705547
    14
    163406705547
    15
    1753219100
    16
    Academic 1804166356
    Sheet: Personal Data

    I am using the ID as the match. I am at work and do not have all of my test files to hand, so can't find the file where I did this before: could some kind soul put me out of my misery? By the way, I know there is a leading space in the lookup data column which is the fault of the report generator in the MIS software we use. This is just a small sample of the data: there are matches in the full dataset, and that is not the issue: it's dealing with the match when there is more text in the lookup column (e.g. F12). Thanks in advance!
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    Re: Index Match with Partial Match in Lookup Array

    Hi,

    It appears you want something like
    =if(isnumber(search("academic",index('personal data'!F:F,match(b5,'personal data'!L:L,0)))),"Y","")

    I'm posting from a phone but hopefully got the correct brackets in there.
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    Re: Index Match with Partial Match in Lookup Array

    Thank you!

    I knew it was easy ...

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