IF.OR VS IF.ISERROR.LOOKUP: In need of a better formula

[Usernameusername]

Hello,

I have looked hell over for a solution to my problem.

I have a matrix containing a column of text mixing dates and text. I want it so that my formula copies a cell to its left if it contains either monday, or tuesday, or any day of the week, and leaves the left cell blank otherwise. The source cell contains not only the day of the week but also the date (Tuesday January 5th.)

x | Monday blabla
x | Tuesday blabla
x | Wednesday blabla
x | Thursday blabla
x | Friday blabla

I thought of IF.OR. It allows me to enter multiple arguments for every day of the week. However, it seems look for the keyword exactly, rather than the keyword simply being contained along other text within the cell.

Looking for a solution, I found out about IF.ISERROR.LOOKUP. It looks like this (excuse my french):

=SI(ESTERREUR(CHERCHE("*lundi*";D4));"";D4)

This works to find the word within the cell and not the cell being exactly as the searched word. However, I need it to look for more than one word for every cell. All of the days of the week. Here is an example of one of my many attempts; I've made a ton of variants with it.


=SI(ESTERREUR(CHERCHE("*lundi*";"*mardi*";D4));"";D4)

I am at a loss and that's why I'm here. Thanks so much


M


P.S.: I downloaded Mr Excel HTML maker but the program doesn't even open when prompted, so please bear with my ugly little example.

 

[Marcelo Branco]

Welcome to Mr Excel Forum

Maybe this
English
=IF(SUM(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"Monday";"Tuesday";"Wednesday";"Thursday";"Friday"},D4))),"x","")

French
=SI(SOMME(--ESTNUM(CHERCHE({"Monday";"Tuesday";"Wednesday";"Thursday";"Friday"};D4)));"x";"")

Hope this helps

M.

 

[Peter_SSs]

P.S.: I downloaded Mr Excel HTML maker but the program doesn't even open when prompted,

The MrExcel HTML Maker is an Add-In that resides within Excel. Post #3 in Attachments has written instructions and a video that detail how to install & use it.

 

[Usernameusername]

Welcome to Mr Excel Forum

Maybe this
English
=IF(SUM(--ISNUMBER(SEARCH({"Monday";"Tuesday";"Wednesday";"Thursday";"Friday"},D4))),"x","")

French
=SI(SOMME(--ESTNUM(CHERCHE({"Monday";"Tuesday";"Wednesday";"Thursday";"Friday"};D4)));"x";"")

Hope this helps

M.

Thank you so much Marcelo! I didn't know I could use brackets to include multiple arguments. Your help is greatly appreciated, saves my face!

The MrExcel HTML Maker is an Add-In that resides within Excel. Post #3 in Attachments has written instructions and a video that detail how to install & use it.

Oh, I understand now. Thanks

 

[Marcelo Branco]

You are welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

M.

 

[dvahon]

Hi Marcelo,
I am looking for a similar formula except I want it to return the day of the week that it found. So if it found Monday, return Monday. If it found Tuesday, return Tuesday etc.
Thanks
D

 

[Marcelo Branco]

Hi Marcelo,
I am looking for a similar formula except I want it to return the day of the week that it found. So if it found Monday, return Monday. If it found Tuesday, return Tuesday etc.
Thanks
D

Try this

	A​	B​
1​	Text​	Result​
2​	Monday blabla​	Monday​
3​	Tuesday blabla​	Tuesday​
4​	Wednesday blabla​	Wednesday​
5​	Thursday blabla​	Thursday​
6​	Friday blabla​	Friday​

Formula in B2 copied down
=LOOKUP(9.99E+307,SEARCH({"Monday";"Tuesday";"Wednesday";"Thursday";"Friday"},A2),{"Monday";"Tuesday";"Wednesday";"Thursday";"Friday"})

M.

 

[dvahon]

Worked perfectly. Thanks so much Marcelo!

 

[Marcelo Branco]

You are welcome.

M.

 

[Peter_SSs]

In my formulas below, you may need to do some , to ; conversions for your language version.

For the first problem, I think this slightly simpler formula should also do the job

=IF(COUNT(SEARCH({"Monday";"Tuesday";"Wednesday";"Thursday";"Friday"},D4)),"x","")



For the second problem, IF the Monday/Tuesday etc is always first in the cell (if it exists at all in the cell) like all your samples, then there is also this shorter one

=IF(COUNT(SEARCH({"Monday";"Tuesday";"Wednesday";"Thursday";"Friday"},D4)),LEFT(D4,FIND(" ",D4&" ")-1),"")