Search Text in string and return a value from table

[krishnanshu]

Here is the table of raw data

Hi, I will call Sonia to come and get Nidhi from US for the party R u going to teach in the school, where Rashi is teaching Hi, I went to california and I saw Nidhi over there. I think she has shifted I would like to me Karl in office today <tbody> </tbody>

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I would like These words to be searched in sequential order from L1 to L4 column. If any found, return with value of L5 in new column

L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 Gopal Babu Venkat Nidhi Sunnyvale Sudeep Sameer Rashi Bala Los angeles Sonia Arun Satish Jeeda New York ABC Monika Karl MNO San Jose <colgroup><col><col><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody> </tbody>

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[XOR LX]

Hi,

Did part of your tables get somehow cut off by the editor? Can you re-check? Appears to be data missing.

Regards

 

[krishnanshu]

Hi,

Did part of your tables get somehow cut off by the editor? Can you re-check? Appears to be data missing.

Regards

No, every thing is correct

 

[XOR LX]

I would like These words to be searched in sequential order from L1 to L4 column.

Ok, thanks. I think I understand.

But can you confirm what your interpretation is of "in sequential order"? So in cases where more than one of those strings is present, what determines which one takes precedence?

For example, if both Sudeep and Babu were present in a given string, should Sunnyvale or Los Angeles be retuned?

In short, does "sequential order" mean "rows-first" or "columns-first"?

Regards

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Where do you want the results, in the 2nd column of the top exhibit, perhaps?

 

[krishnanshu]

Where do you want the results, in the 2nd column of the top exhibit, perhaps?

Yes, Aladin

 

[krishnanshu]

Rows First... By Sequential, I mean, It should search A1, then B1, Then C1... for each row and give value

 

[Aladin Akyurek]

Yes, Aladin

Let A2:A5 house the top exhibit.

Let F:I house the bottom exhibit from row 1 downwards (5 rows in total).

Care to state the outcome that you want to see in B1:B5?

 

[XOR LX]

I still can't work out from your descriptions in which cells your tables are (I don't understand the L1-L5 references?), but assuming the second table is in A1:E5, such that Gopal is in A1 and San Jose in E5, and that your results table is in G1:G4, then, in H1:

If you're using Excel 2010 or later:

=INDEX($E$1:$E$4,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW($A$1:$D$4)/ISNUMBER(SEARCH(" "&$A$1:$D$4&" "," "&G1&" ")),1))

Otherwise, array formula**:

=INDEX($E$1:$E$4,MIN(IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(" "&$A$1:$D$4&" "," "&G1&" ")),ROW($A$1:$D$4))))

Copy down to give similar results for the strings in G2, G3 and G4.

Regards


**Array formulas are not entered in the same way as 'standard' formulas. Instead of pressing just ENTER, you first hold down CTRL and SHIFT, and only then press ENTER. If you've done it correctly, you'll notice Excel puts curly brackets {} around the formula (though do not attempt to manually insert these yourself).

 

[krishnanshu]

Actual data	expected out put
Hi, I will call Sonia to come and get Nidhi from US for the party	New york
R u going to teach in the school, where Rashi is teaching	Los angeles
Hi, I went to california and I saw Nidhi over there. I think she has shifted	Sunnyvale
I would like to me Karl in office today	san Jose

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