Does value exist in 2 or more table arrays (VLOOKUP)

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I want find out if B2 in Sheet1 exists in column B or C in Sheet2.
If B2 exists in either column B or C in Sheet2, I would like to display Yes or True.
If B2 does not exist column B or C in Sheet2, I would like to display No or False.

For example:
Sheet1
[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C (Does value exist in table arrays)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Bob[/TD]
[TD]CL30N[/TD]
[TD]Formula[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Bob[/TD]
[TD]VA21[/TD]
[TD]Formula[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Bob[/TD]
[TD]VA23[/TD]
[TD]Formula[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Sheet2 below[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B (range/table array 1)[/TD]
[TD]C (range/table array 2)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Bob[/TD]
[TD]CL30N[/TD]
[TD]R1[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Bob[/TD]
[TD]R5[/TD]
[TD]R6[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Bob[/TD]
[TD]D3[/TD]
[TD]VA23[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Looking up to see if a value exists in one column on Sheet2 works fine... I'm just having trouble figuring out how to see if the value exists in multiple columns.
- I was using formula =VLOOKUP(B2,'Sheet2'!$B:$B,1, FALSE) in C1 of Sheet1. Which works for one column... how can I get it to work with multiple columns?
 

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Smashing arrays together seems more logical and easier to conceptualise. Try these two array formulas in C3 and D3. Invoke each correctly and copy down.


Book1
ABCD
1Sheet1
2ABC (Does value exist in table arrays)D (Does value exist in table arrays)
3BobCL30NYesYes
4BobVA21NoNo
5BobVA23YesYes
6
7Sheet2 below
8AB (range/table array 1)C (range/table array 2)
9BobCL30NR1
10BobR5R6
11BobD3VA23
Sheet31
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C3{=IF(MAX((A3&B3=$A$9:$A$11&$B$9:$B$11)+(A3&B3=$A$9:$A$11&$C$9:$C$11)),"Yes","No")}
D3{=IF(MAX(--(A3&B3=$A$9:$A$11&$B$9:$C$11)),"Yes","No")}
Press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to enter array formulas.
 
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