Partial or Full Match entries in column A and B & return YES or NO in column C

frank933

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Guys here's my challenge.

I have a sheet in which Column A has full name of the couple.
Column B has some name (could be husband's, could be wife's, could be neither).

"Row by row" I'm trying to compare entry in column B with corresponding entry in column A and return a YES OR NO in Column C if one or multiple words from column B is/are found in column A.

Based on the way I want the formula to work the result should look like the image attached or the sheet shown below

to-be-matched.xlsx
ABC
1Full NameSome NameResult Wanted
2Abud Luiz Carlos MartinezLuiz AbudYES
3Accorinti Juan Carlos & Tatiana Maria RomeroTatiana RomeroYES
4Acosta Carlos & Lydia L TamezLydia TamezYES
5Acosta Carlos Daniel & Ariana GamboaCarlos AcostaYES
6Acosta-Pernia Malleli Del & Carlos OviedoCarlos OviedoYES
7Acy Carlos Orlando & Kimberly DKimberley RusselleYES
8Adams Carlos MKori AdamsNO
9Agnew Carlos A Rivera & Thais TorresWanda MaldonadoNO
10Aguilar CarlosCarlos AguilarYES
11Aguilar Carlos & Katherine Erskine AguilarKeisha JohnsonNO
12Aguilar Carlos & Gail MRobert ReaYES
13Aguilar Carlos & OlgaOlga AguilarYES
14Aguilar Carlos ACarlos AguilarYES
15Aguilera Carlos J & JuanitaVeronica AguileraYES
16Aguilera Carlos Jr & Enriqueta AguileraCarlos AguileraYES
17Aguirre Carlos & MelissaCarlos AguirreYES
18Aguirre Carlos & RaymandaRaymunda AguirreYES
19Alban Carlos E & Rosa MCarlos AlbanYES
20Alegre Carlos A & Rocio Arce OliveraCarlos GutierrezYES
21Allen Carlos & CynthiaCynthia AllenYES
22Balderas Juan Carlos NolascoJuan NolascoYES
23Baldez Christie Friday & Carlos Eduardo VasconcellAmy BonzonNO
24Balladares Carlos Manuel & Mara IzoldaCarlos BalladaresYES
25Barbosa Juan Carlos & Irma EKarla BarbosaYES
26Barcelo Carlos Raul & Alma AAlma BarceloYES
27Barcenas Pedro & Viviana Barcenas Morales & Juan Carlos Barcenas-MoJuan BarcenasYES
28Bardales Carlos M & Bardales Diana A FloresDiana FloresYES
29Barefield Carlos & LisaLisa BarefieldYES
30Barefield Carlos Douglas & Julie Ann HuvalCarlos BarefieldYES
31Barge Carlos HCarlos BargeYES
32Barocio- Leon Carlos H & Maria C Moises- GarciaCarlos LeonYES
33Barrios Carlos Andres & Gamez Neissa Maryann PinzoNeissa PinzongamezYES
34Barron Carlos R & Erin M EstradaCarlos BarronYES
35Barros Juan Carlos & Rossana C BarrosKassandra BarrosYES
36Barroso Carlos Eduardo Terra & Haffner Paula MairaUshma MehtaNO
Sheet1
 

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What version of excel are you running?

If it's 365... Also, row 7 has a misspelling of Kimberly.
Book4
ABC
1Full NameSome NameResult Wanted
2Abud Luiz Carlos MartinezLuiz AbudYes
3Accorinti Juan Carlos & Tatiana Maria RomeroTatiana RomeroYes
4Acosta Carlos & Lydia L TamezLydia TamezYes
5Acosta Carlos Daniel & Ariana GamboaCarlos AcostaYes
6Acosta-Pernia Malleli Del & Carlos OviedoCarlos OviedoYes
7Acy Carlos Orlando & Kimberly DKimberley RusselleNo
8Adams Carlos MKori AdamsYes
9Agnew Carlos A Rivera & Thais TorresWanda MaldonadoNo
10Aguilar CarlosCarlos AguilarYes
11Aguilar Carlos & Katherine Erskine AguilarKeisha JohnsonNo
12Aguilar Carlos & Gail MRobert ReaNo
13Aguilar Carlos & OlgaOlga AguilarYes
14Aguilar Carlos ACarlos AguilarYes
15Aguilera Carlos J & JuanitaVeronica AguileraYes
16Aguilera Carlos Jr & Enriqueta AguileraCarlos AguileraYes
17Aguirre Carlos & MelissaCarlos AguirreYes
18Aguirre Carlos & RaymandaRaymunda AguirreYes
19Alban Carlos E & Rosa MCarlos AlbanYes
20Alegre Carlos A & Rocio Arce OliveraCarlos GutierrezYes
21Allen Carlos & CynthiaCynthia AllenYes
22Balderas Juan Carlos NolascoJuan NolascoYes
23Baldez Christie Friday & Carlos Eduardo VasconcellAmy BonzonNo
24Balladares Carlos Manuel & Mara IzoldaCarlos BalladaresYes
25Barbosa Juan Carlos & Irma EKarla BarbosaYes
26Barcelo Carlos Raul & Alma AAlma BarceloYes
27Barcenas Pedro & Viviana Barcenas Morales & Juan Carlos Barcenas-MoJuan BarcenasYes
28Bardales Carlos M & Bardales Diana A FloresDiana FloresYes
29Barefield Carlos & LisaLisa BarefieldYes
30Barefield Carlos Douglas & Julie Ann HuvalCarlos BarefieldYes
31Barge Carlos HCarlos BargeYes
32Barocio- Leon Carlos H & Maria C Moises- GarciaCarlos LeonYes
33Barrios Carlos Andres & Gamez Neissa Maryann PinzoNeissa PinzongamezYes
34Barron Carlos R & Erin M EstradaCarlos BarronYes
35Barros Juan Carlos & Rossana C BarrosKassandra BarrosYes
36Barroso Carlos Eduardo Terra & Haffner Paula MairaUshma MehtaNo
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C36C2=IF(COUNT(SEARCH(TEXTSPLIT(B2," "),A2))=0,"No","Yes")
 
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Yes, I am using Excel 365 and we can safely ignore whether or not its a misspell, its part of a large dataset, so it comes that way. If it's a mis-spell and is not found, then so be it.
 
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Your formula works perfectly. I haven't tried on large dataset yet. But it caught the mistake I made in cell c12.
Looks good. thanks so much.
 
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A quick follow up. How would the changed formula look like if value in Column B was an exact match and we wanted to show that in column C as 'Exact Match'. The order of the two consecutive words doesn't matter. For example Carlos Aguilar would be considered the same as Aguilar Carlos
 
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MrExcelPlayground20.xlsx
ABCD
1Full NameSome NameResult WantedFull match of column B in Column A
2Abud Luiz Carlos MartinezLuiz AbudYesYes
3Accorinti Juan Carlos & Tatiana Maria RomeroTatiana RomeroYesYes
4Acosta Carlos & Lydia L TamezLydia TamezYesYes
5Acosta Carlos Daniel & Ariana GamboaCarlos AcostaYesYes
6Acosta-Pernia Malleli Del & Carlos OviedoCarlos OviedoYesYes
7Acy Carlos Orlando & Kimberly DKimberley RusselleNoNo
8Adams Carlos MKori AdamsYesNo
9Agnew Carlos A Rivera & Thais TorresWanda MaldonadoNoNo
10Aguilar CarlosCarlos AguilarYesYes
11Aguilar Carlos & Katherine Erskine AguilarKeisha JohnsonNoNo
12Aguilar Carlos & Gail MRobert ReaNoNo
13Aguilar Carlos & OlgaOlga AguilarYesYes
14Aguilar Carlos ACarlos AguilarYesYes
15Aguilera Carlos J & JuanitaVeronica AguileraYesNo
16Aguilera Carlos Jr & Enriqueta AguileraCarlos AguileraYesYes
17Aguirre Carlos & MelissaCarlos AguirreYesYes
18Aguirre Carlos & RaymandaRaymunda AguirreYesNo
19Alban Carlos E & Rosa MCarlos AlbanYesYes
20Alegre Carlos A & Rocio Arce OliveraCarlos GutierrezYesNo
21Allen Carlos & CynthiaCynthia AllenYesYes
22Balderas Juan Carlos NolascoJuan NolascoYesYes
23Baldez Christie Friday & Carlos Eduardo VasconcellAmy BonzonNoNo
24Balladares Carlos Manuel & Mara IzoldaCarlos BalladaresYesYes
25Barbosa Juan Carlos & Irma EKarla BarbosaYesNo
26Barcelo Carlos Raul & Alma AAlma BarceloYesYes
27Barcenas Pedro & Viviana Barcenas Morales & Juan Carlos Barcenas-MoJuan BarcenasYesYes
28Bardales Carlos M & Bardales Diana A FloresDiana FloresYesYes
29Barefield Carlos & LisaLisa BarefieldYesYes
30Barefield Carlos Douglas & Julie Ann HuvalCarlos BarefieldYesYes
31Barge Carlos HCarlos BargeYesYes
32Barocio- Leon Carlos H & Maria C Moises- GarciaCarlos LeonYesYes
33Barrios Carlos Andres & Gamez Neissa Maryann PinzoNeissa PinzongamezYesNo
34Barron Carlos R & Erin M EstradaCarlos BarronYesYes
35Barros Juan Carlos & Rossana C BarrosKassandra BarrosYesNo
36Barroso Carlos Eduardo Terra & Haffner Paula MairaUshma MehtaNoNo
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
C2:C36C2=IF(COUNT(SEARCH(TEXTSPLIT(B2," "),A2))=0,"No","Yes")
D2:D36D2=IF(OR(ISERROR(SEARCH(TEXTSPLIT(B2," "),A2))),"No","Yes")
 
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