Search for text between sheets, copy cell

artizhay

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Hello!

What I am looking to do is take the text from three different cells in one sheet on one row and search for any combination of them in one cell on one row of another sheet. If there is a match, I want to take the value of A1 from the second sheet and use it as the value for A1 on the first sheet.

Here is an example.
Sheet called "JMCurrent"
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 815pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="1085"><col style="width: 116pt;" width="154"> <col style="width: 166pt;" width="221"> <col style="width: 116pt;" width="154"> <col style="width: 176pt;" width="235"> <col style="width: 82pt;" width="109"> <col style="width: 81pt;" width="108"> <col style="width: 78pt;" width="104"> <tbody><tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td class="xl63" style="height: 15pt; width: 116pt;" height="20" width="154">Item #</td> <td class="xl63" style="width: 166pt;" width="221">Manufacturer</td> <td class="xl63" style="width: 116pt;" width="154">Category</td> <td class="xl63" style="width: 176pt;" width="235">Desc</td> <td class="xl63" style="width: 82pt;" width="109">Search Term 1</td> <td class="xl63" style="width: 81pt;" width="108">Search Term 2</td> <td class="xl63" style="width: 78pt;" width="104">Search Term 3</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td class="xl63" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">773HS849</td> <td class="xl63">Some place</td> <td class="xl63">Projector Headlights</td> <td class="xl63">2002-2003 Toyota Celica CCFL (Black)</td> <td class="xl64">02-03</td> <td class="xl63">Celica</td> <td class="xl63">Black</td> </tr> </tbody></table>
Sheet called "AllNonHID"
<table style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 656pt;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="873"><col style="width: 116pt;" width="154"> <col style="width: 166pt;" width="221"> <col style="width: 116pt;" width="154"> <col style="width: 176pt;" width="235"> <col style="width: 82pt;" width="109"> <tbody><tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td class="xl65" style="height: 15pt; width: 116pt;" height="20" width="154">Item #</td> <td class="xl65" style="width: 166pt;" width="221">Desc</td> <td class="xl65" style="width: 116pt;" width="154">Price</td> <td class="xl65" style="width: 176pt;" width="235">Quantity</td> <td class="xl65" style="width: 82pt;" width="109">Weight</td> </tr> <tr style="height: 15pt;" height="20"> <td class="xl65" style="height: 15pt;" height="20">CCFL-TOY-CEL-0203-BLK</td> <td class="xl65">CELICA, TOYOTA 02-03 BLACK CCFL</td> <td class="xl66">786876</td> <td class="xl65">897847894</td> <td class="xl65">25</td> </tr> </tbody></table>(This is all one row ^^^)

Since JMCurrent has the search terms, I want to search each row of AllNonHID in the description to see if ALL of the search terms are present in some form. If they are, I want to copy the item # from AllNonHID and use it as the new item # in JMCurrent row that row. If there is no match, then leave that row alone and move to the next row.

Here is the info for my real sheets:
JMCurrent
Item # is in column A
The "search terms" are in columns AD, AE, and AF

AllNonHID
Item # is in column A
The description is in column B

If my explanation is unclear: for each row in JMCurrent, I want to take the search terms, search through the entire AllNonHID sheet (around 400 rows) to look for matches, then move to the next row in JMCurrent and repeat the process.

Thank you very much!!
 

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Also, I forgot to say that on my real sheets, there are no headings (such as Item #, Desc, etc.). All data begins on row 1.

For each row in JMCurrent, if there are no matches whatsoever in AllNonHID, then I just want to leave that row alone; no deleting or hiding or anything like that. =]
 
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