Simple "if word exist among theese cells, then true"

[JemyM]

Im banging my head on the "find" functions. They give me a value when I need TRUE/FALSE for an IF function.
It must be a much easier way to return TRUE or FALSE if a word exist within an area:

Data:
A1: Orange
A2: Apple
A3: Banana

Function:
1: Is "Apple" in A1:A3? = TRUE!
2: Is "Tomato" in A1:A3? = FALSE!

[Niek Otten]

=NOT(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B1,A1:A3,1,FALSE)))

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

"JemyM" <JemyM.23zi3z_1141205404.9896@excelforum-nospam.com> wrote in
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>
> Im banging my head on the "find" functions. They give me a -value- when
> I need TRUE/FALSE for an IF function.
> It must be a much easier way to return TRUE or FALSE if a word exist
> within an area:
>
> Data:
> A1: Orange
> A2: Apple
> A3: Banana
>
> Function:
> 1: Is "*Apple*" in A1:A3? = TRUE!
> 2: Is "*Tomato*" in A1:A3? = FALSE!
>
>
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[Bob Phillips]

=COUNTIF(A1:A3,"*Apple*")>0

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Bob Phillips

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>
> Im banging my head on the "find" functions. They give me a -value- when
> I need TRUE/FALSE for an IF function.
> It must be a much easier way to return TRUE or FALSE if a word exist
> within an area:
>
> Data:
> A1: Orange
> A2: Apple
> A3: Banana
>
> Function:
> 1: Is "*Apple*" in A1:A3? = TRUE!
> 2: Is "*Tomato*" in A1:A3? = FALSE!
>
>
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> JemyM
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[JemyM]

=COUNTIF(A1:A3,"*Apple*")>0

=NOT(ISNA(VLOOKUP(B1,A1:A3,1,FALSE)))

Fantastic! Thanks guys