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How To do Partial Match with the FILTER Function in Excel #shorts
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Feb 24, 2023 10:00 AM

How To do Partial Match with the FILTER Function in Excel #shorts

by HubSite 365 about Leila Gharani [MVP]

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How can you lookup matches based on a partial match?

How can you lookup matches based on a partial match? You might have tried with asterisk but the asterisk doesn't work. The solution is to use the SEARCH and ISNUMBER functions. You can use this combination inside the FILTER function to find partial matches to check if a specific text is included inside other text. So whenever you need to use wildcards inside the FILTER function think of the ISNUMBER and SEARCH combo.

The FILTER function in Excel is a powerful tool for finding specific data within a range of cells. It can be used to do partial matches, in which it looks for any cell that contains the search term you specify. To use this feature, provide two arguments: the range of cells to search and the criteria for what should be included in your results. For example, if you wanted to find all entries containing "apple" from a list of fruit names, you could enter =FILTER(A1:A10,"apple"). The asterisks are wildcards that tell Excel to look anywhere within each cell for the word "apple."

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