Find cells with specified first and second characters

[ollyhughes1982]

Hi all,

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I am trying to find a way to achieve a formula that fulfils the logic in A2 of the ‘All Completed Runs - Period’ worksheet. i.e. What I want to do is, find where I have completed a parkrun in the ‘All Completed Runs’ worksheet that satisfies the following criteria:

• The parkrun name begins with the first letter (i.e. the first character) of the Chemical Symbol - Look for this in column AS of the ‘All Completed Runs’ worksheet

AND, where there is a second Chemical Symbol letter (if not just look for the first letter)

• …The parkrun name contains the second letter of the Chemical Symbol, exclduing the first character (look for this in column BX of the ‘All Completed Runs’ worksheet)

File Link (small OneDrive file - will open quickly): Periodic Table Example.xlsx

Thank in advance!

Olly.

 

[Fluff]

How about

=TAKE(FILTER('All Completed Runs'!$C$4:$C$2003,(LEFT('All Completed Runs'!$BX$4:$BX$2003)=LEFT(B4))*(IF(LEN(B4)=2,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("?"&RIGHT(B4),'All Completed Runs'!$BX$4:$BX$2003)),1)),""),1)

 

[ollyhughes1982]

How about

=TAKE(FILTER('All Completed Runs'!$C$4:$C$2003,(LEFT('All Completed Runs'!$BX$4:$BX$2003)=LEFT(B4))*(IF(LEN(B4)=2,ISNUMBER(SEARCH("?"&RIGHT(B4),'All Completed Runs'!$BX$4:$BX$2003)),1)),""),1)

Brilliant, thank you!

 

[Fluff]

You're welcome & thanks for the feedback.