Select the first cell where you want to check for a partial match. Enter the following formula, replacingB4with the cell that you want to check for a partial match and *the* with the text you want to search for between two asterisks: =IF(COUNTIF(B4,"*the*"),"Partial Text Found","...
The cell is B5 (Jonathan). Value_if_true is“YES”. Value_if_false is “NOT FOUND”. Apply this formula for all the cells in the column to find out all the results that contain a partial match string. Method 3 – Using the VLOOKUP Function to Perform a Partial Match Let’s consider...
Finding Partial Matches with the MATCH Function Another way to determine if an Excel cell includes specific text is to use theMATCH function. Some people like using this function withINDEXinstead of theExcel VLOOKUP function. However, we’ll do something simpler because we’re not concerned with ...
1. In the formula, K1 is the cell containing the partial string, E1:H14 is the data range, 4 indicates to lookup value in the Forth column of the range. You can change them as you need. 2. If you just want to find which name is partial match the given name, you also can use ...
Case-sensitive formula to count cells with specific text (partial match) To build a case-sensitive formula that can find a text string of interest anywhere in a cell, we are using 3 different functions: SUMPRODUCT(--(ISNUMBER(FIND("text",range))) How...
Countif partial string/substring match with formulas We can add the asterisk before and after the certain partial string or substring, and then apply the COUNTIF function to count cells in Excel. Select a blank cell you will place the counting result at, type the formula=COUNTIF(A1:A16,"*...
When we use COUNTIF with partial matching, it counts the number of cells containing a specific text string regardless of its position in the cell. One scenario where this could be useful is when you have addresses in a column, and you want to find out all the addresses that have a speci...
How to use Substring functions in Excel to extract text from cell, get a substring before or after a specific character, find cells containing part of a string (partial match), and more.
Also read:Find the Closest Match in Excel (using Formulas) Check for Partial Match with AND Condition You can also combine and check for the presence of two partial strings within a cell using an AND condition. Below, I have the product IDs in column A, and I want to check if the ID...
Rept(String, Double) Repeats text a given number of times. Use REPT to fill a cell with a number of instances of a text string. Roman(Double, Object) Converts an Arabic numeral to roman, as text. Round(Double, Double) Rounds a number to a specified number of digits. RoundBahtDown(...