Excel MATCH character limit

Question

I use the following formula =INDEX(Dict!A:A,MATCH(A2,Dict!A:A,0),1) but MATCH only works with text below 256 characters. Any way to overcome this limitiatio

Answer 1

To accommodate partial matches use SEARCH like this:

=INDEX(Dict!A:A,MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A2,Dict!A:A)),0),0))

That will work to return a value > 256 characters but A2 can't be > 256 characters