Identify which cell in a row contains a specific text - excel

I have a column compromising of text, I would like to search through that entire column to identify in which cell does the contents contain text that I am searching for.
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I need to search for the text in the first column and identify which cell in the final column contains the data I am searching for.

You use this formula,
=IfError(VLOOKUP (A2, A2:D25, 3,False),"")
This formula will search for value match with A2 in data range A2:D25, in Column 3 means in C,, if find pull the match otherwise return a Blank. U can write "Value not found" within quotes also.

Use the formula in some column , say I,
=IF(ISERROR(FIND($A$1,F1,1)),"",F1)
Drag down till the end of list. This will return what all matches A1 with column F. If you want to search for A2, change the formula to A2 and do the same. This cannot be done for all columns in A with all columns with F as there is a chance that the same string can be found in one or more cells in F.

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Excel Formula to Find a cell that contains a specific text and then copy that cell to another column on the same row

I am after a strange calculation. My data
I need a formula or macro in Column G, to search for the Column G heading ("Sales") within Column B to F and copy the cell that contains that text.
So in cell G2, I want to search for "Sales" in B2-F2 and if it finds "Sales" in this range copy the cell that contains it, and if not found on that row just return "None".
This is just sample data and the file I need to get this done is quite large with more than 21000 rows.
=IFNA(INDEX(B2:F2;;MATCH("*"&$G$1&"*";B2:F2;0));"none")

Excel- How To Find Multiple Matches of Keywords

I have a list of keywords in column C. I have random strings/sentences in column A.
And column B uses a formula that finds if any cell in Column A contains any of the keywords.
The current formula I use, finds these matches perfectly. (Outputs shown in column B)
However, is there a way to find/concatenate multiple matches?. In the screenshot, you can see cell A4 have "Orange Yellow", but cell B4 only prints "Orange" from the formula. Since this cell contains 2 keywords, is there a way to print both?
current formula used- =XLOOKUP(1,--ISNUMBER(SEARCH($C:$C,A1)),$C:$C,"no match",2)
Use FILTER() and TEXTJOIN() together.
=TEXTJOIN(" ",TRUE,FILTER($C$1:$C$6,ISNUMBER(SEARCH($C$1:$C$6,A1))))

Excel using a range of cells to return value corresponding to an adjacent cell in the correct cell

I have been trying this for days, and can't get it correct.
I want to see if any value in column A matches any value in column C, and if so, return the value from column B into column D, BESIDE the match in column C.
I have tried all the suggestions for If, IFERROR, MATCH, VLOOKUP, etc, but can't get it to work. Any help would be most welcome!!
Here is a picture of my spreadsheet
Use a helper column:
In column D, use COUNTIF on each row to check the number of times that a cell in column A appears. =COUNTIF(C:C,A1).
In column E, use the formula =IF(D1>0, B1,"") and copy down
(you could of course combine these if you don't want to use the extra column)
Assuming you're starting in Row 1, in column D use:
=IF(COUNTIF($A:$A,$C1)>0,B1,"NO MATCH")
Drag that down as far as you need. This formula is saying: if the value in C1 matches anything in column A, then return the value from B1.
If this isn't what you mean, then please be clearer. Your data example is unreadable. Post a screenshot, or at least type it so it is in columns and rows. It's also unclear what you mean by "BESIDE the match in column C" What value is matching which value? That is, if A1 matches any value in C, do you want the value of B1 to show up in D1? Or do you want the value of B5 to show up in D5, if A1 matched C5?
In coumn D use formula
=IFERROR(VLOOKUP(C:C,A:B,2,0),"")
Note: this formula uses Implicit Intersection see here for some info

find and copy text in next column in excel

I would like to know about excel find and copy text in next column in excel. I have a column A with text or sentences. I want to find a particular word and copy that word into next column that is column B only if that word is available in text of Column A.
Suppose Cell 1 of column A is:
"Execution of procedure and processes".
I want to search for word as "Processes" and that should copy in Column B (cell 1) "ONLY IF" processes word is available in text.
Could you please help me out in this?
One more thing to confirm that in the same formula, does it work if I want 2 words to find. Lets say 1 is processes and other is procedure. I want a single formula for both search words and it gives a single result with one word where applicable.
For your special case:
"Execution of procedure and processes" in A1.
Formula in B1:
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("processes", A1)), "processes", "")
SEARCH("processes", A1) searches the text "processes" in cell A1. If it is found, a number holding the position is returned, if it is not found, NOTHING is returned.
ISNUMBER checks if the returned value is a number. This is only the case if the word is found. If yes, the returned value is true, otherwise it is false.
IF in cell B1 evaluates ISNUMBER's return value. If it is true, "processes" is returned, populating cell B1 with "processes". If it is false, an empty text "" is returned.
This can be summed up into the common case:
Text in A1.
Word to look for in C1.
Formula in B1:
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(C1, A1)), C1, "")
Evaluating to: if the text in C1 can be found in A1, put the text in C1 into B1, otherwise put an empty text into B1.
If you put this in column B:
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("processes", A4)), MID(A4, SEARCH("processes", A4), 9), "")
it will copy the text from column A that matches (case-insentitive) the word "processes" to column B.
kaedinger's solution shows how to "parameterise" the search with a word in column C, which is a good thing. If you wanted to copy the matching text from column A, you would need to measure the length of the word in column C, where I have hardcoded '9' above.
(ref: http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/excel-help/compare-cell-contents-HP003056130.aspx)

extracting of specific values in a cell

I'm trying to extract specific values from a specific cell where Column A is the input and Column B is the output.
Column A Column B
AB,CD,EF,GH,IJ,KL ABCDEFGH
AB,CD,MN,EF,OP,UV ABCDEF
QR,AB,ST,CD,GH,WX ABCDGH
The formula i am using in Column B is:
=CONCATENATE(MID(A2,(SEARCH("A",A2,1)),2),MID(B2,(SEARCH("CD",B2,1)),2),MID(B2,(SEARCH("EF",B2,1)),2),MID(B2,(SEARCH("GH",B2,1)),2))
However if i am to drag down the formula until the last row, it will return a #VALUE! since some of the values in the SEARCH formula did not appear Column A.
So what I need is a generic formula that will only extract the values AB,CD,EF,GH OR whatever value is available in Column A just like in my example.
Best Regards,
I would condition on whether or not something exists, and print it accordingly:
Column B's formula uses an approach that matches
IF(ISERROR(FIND(<string>,<within_string>)),"",<string>)
and concatenates these using &. ISERROR avoids error outputs, while also helping to place content (an empty string "" in this case).

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