Excel find cells from range where search value is within the cell

Question

Once again I\'m struggling to find my answer on Google, but I\'m sure it must exist. Sorry if I come across as a novice: I am when it comes to Excel it seems!

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Answer 1

I'm sure there is a better way, but if I'm understanding correctly, you could try SUM in combination with an array formula (enter with Ctrl+Shift+Enter):

=IF(SUM(IFERROR(FIND(A1:E1,G1),0))>0, "FOUND", "NOT FOUND")

Here, A1:E1 contained the individual years and G1 contained the single cell of years. This runs FIND on each cell in the range, returning a position if it finds a match in the target cell and returning 0 if not (IFERROR is a 2007 function - if you don't have Excel 2007, we can rewrite). You then sum the results of the FIND function and if it is greater than 0, it means you found a match somewhere.