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To Check If A Cell Contains One Of The Keywords And If It Does, I Need To Display The Keyword

Hi All,

I am facing a problem in excel. Suppose I have entries in Column A and I have a few keywords in Column D. I need to check if the entry in column A contains one of the kepwords in Column D. The formula for the check will be written in Column B and if it contains the keyword, I need to display it in column B.

For Eg.

Cell A1 has an entry "ABC Holdings Limited" and the keywords in Column D are

Cell Keyword
D1 Company
D2 XyZ
D3 ABC
D4 Others

Now since A1 has "ABC" in it which is one of the keywords, I need to display "ABC" in cell B1.

Hope I am clear.

Cheers
Rishu


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