Excel - Search from range, not specific cell? - excel

Question

I have a range of cells in column I2:I8:
WILEY
ELSEVIER
SPRINGER
TAYLOR
SAGE
OXFORD
CAMBRIDGE
I want to use the SEARCH function on column G, so that it'll search for any one of the values in this range, and return true/false to column H if it finds anything.
The problem is, that the values in column G are also longer, and the string in column I will only be a substring of the column G text.
Column G contains (for example):
BLACKWELL PUBL LTD
ISRAEL MEDICAL ASSOC JOURNAL
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
MOSBY, INC
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
CELL PRESS
AMER COLL PHYSICIANS
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
AMER COLL PHYSICIANS
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC
WILEY-BLACKWELL
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING INC
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
So for examples, each time the word Wiley, Oxford, Elsevier etc appear in column G (such as in OXFORD UNIV PRESS or WILEY-BLACKWELL or ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE), it will return true in column H.
I have build the following functions:
=(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(($I$2:$I$8),G2)))
=(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(($I$2:$I$2:$I$3:$I$3:$I$4:$I$4:$I$5:$I$5:$I$6:$I$6:$I$7:$I$7:$I$8:$I$8),G23)))
But they do not seem to work.
Any suggestions?
Example of wanted result:
BLACKWELL PUBL LTD FALSE WILEY
ISRAEL MEDICAL ASSOC JOURNAL FALSE ELSEVIER
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD TRUE SPRINGER
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD TRUE TAYLOR
MOSBY, INC FALSE SAGE
OXFORD UNIV PRESS TRUE OXFORD
CELL PRESS FALSE CAMBRIDGE
AMER COLL PHYSICIANS FALSE
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP FALSE
AMER COLL PHYSICIANS FALSE
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC FALSE
WILEY-BLACKWELL TRUE
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING INC FALSE
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE FALSE
OXFORD UNIV PRESS TRUE
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC FALSE
OXFORD UNIV PRESS TRUE
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE TRUE
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD TRUE
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP FALSE
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV TRUE
MOSBY-ELSEVIER TRUE
MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SOC FALSE

Answer 1

Wrap your formula in SUMPRODUCT()
=SUMPRODUCT(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH($I$1:$I$7,G1)))>0