Vicky, thanks for the idea. I will see how it works for me. I appreciate the time/effort you put in to help me!
Greg Greg Della-Croce Skype: gdellacroce55 Cell: 407-408-2572 greg_della-cr...@sil.org "If you assume you know the answer, you will miss having a breakthrough. It’s okay to do what you did yesterday, but it will never be amazing again.". - *Rod Favarod, CEO of Spredfast* On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 11:13 AM, Vicky <jorwalvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Greg, > > I have found a solution. Hope this helps! > > > Function Contains(ChkFor As String, ChkRng As Range) > > For Each cell In ChkRng > If cell.Value = ChkFor Then > Contains = "Found" > Exit For > Else > Contains = "Not Found" > End If > > Next cell > End Function > > The above code worked for me. :) > > Regards, > Vicky > On Thursday, January 19, 2017 at 7:15:03 PM UTC+5:30, Greg Della-Croce > wrote: >> >> I am trying to create a very simple function that will take a string of >> text and read a range of texts to see if I have any that string in any of >> the ranges of the texts. Should be a 10-minute problem to solve. I am >> however getting a #VALUE back. >> I call the function with this: >> =Contains(F2,' Scrape'!$D$2:$D$2062) >> >> The function is this: >> Function Contains(ChkFor As String, ChkRng As Range) As String >> >> For Each cell In ChkRng >> If (InStr(cell.Value, ChkFor, 1)) Then >> Contains = "Found" >> Exit For >> End If >> Contains = "Not Found" >> Next cell >> End Function >> >> >> OK, I said it was simple :) However, can anyone point to the problem in >> this code. I have looked at it until I have become frustrated. >> >> Thanks, >> Greg >> > -- > Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s > =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ > https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel > > FORUM RULES > > 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please > Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice > will not get quick attention or may not be answered. > 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. > 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security > measure. > 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. > 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. > 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. > > NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and > members are not responsible for any loss. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/excel-macros/4lNWf251gdg/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
