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I am working with excel and trying to find if a portion of one cell matches anything from a list. I am attempting to extract that part of the cell as my result. The formula I am working with is: {=INDEX($A$1:$A$10,MATCH(1,COUNTIF(B1,"* "&$A$1:$A$10&"*"),0))} note: had to space out the asterisk to avoid italics A1 to A10 is the list i am referencing and anything in column B is what I am searching partail parts for in the list The problem is the formula return the most common value found in the list instead of the most specific part of the list. Example: A(list) B (formula result) (desired

I looked through other questions and couldn't find what I needed. Best if I explain as followed: I have a spreadsheet that has three columns in it: Product Name Vendor Some vendors have the same product. I need to count how many Product Names are identical by vendor. All help is most appreciated. Thank you, user1114330 Paste this formula in Cell C1 =SUMPRODUCT(($A$1:$A$10=A1)*($B$1:$B$10=B1)) SNAPSHOT However if you still want VBA, see this Option Explicit Sub Sample() Dim ws As Worksheet Dim lrow As Long Set ws = Sheets("Sheet1") With ws lrow = .Range("A" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row .Range(

I need to find the number of times a name appears on this list but I only want to count one instance of the name one time for each row without counting the duplicate name in the row. For instance: I have the following in a range... Red Bill Jack Ruby Bill Blue Ruby Ivan Raul Ted Green Ted James Rick Ted Red Ted Phil Ruby Bill And in this worksheet, I want to count the number of instances of the name Bill and get the answer of 2 because Bill's name shows up in two rows. In the same respect, If I choose to count the name Ted, the answer should be 3 because Ted's name shows up in three rows. Use