if cell contains a word from array

**Pali** · 10-28-2012, 09:41 AM

hello,

i was trying to find a formula that returns 1 or 0 (or true / false), if cell A1 contains any word from array B1 to B20.

i found a function =OR(NOT(ISERR(SEARCH(B1;A1)));NOT(ISERR(SEARCH(B2;A1)));NOT(ISERR(SEARCH(B3;A1))))
but it only works for B1 - B8, than the formula is too long.

i also made a function that finds out if A1 is exactly the same as B1, B2, B3,... but that it is not what i need, i need to find out if the string in A1 contains any of the words

can you pls help me?

**benishiryo** · 10-28-2012, 09:47 AM

hi Pali, welcome to the forum. something like this?
=IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(B1:B20,A1)))),1,0)

**Pali** · 10-28-2012, 10:19 AM

thanks, that's just what i needed

**e.isayev** · 10-28-2012, 11:04 AM

An array formula
=SUM(--(B1:B20=A1))

**Cutter** · 10-28-2012, 02:03 PM

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