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Hi,

I want to be able to vlookup a key word within a lot of text in a cell. IE Column A I want to lookup the column for "TOWER"

Thanks in advance for the help. 

 

A B
MOBILE: LIGHT TOWER 07047N
MOBILE: LIGHT TOWER 07047N
CONTAINER SHIPPING AND STORAGE, FIBERGLASS 62W X 42D X 60H NET W 47028N
CONTAINER SHIPPING AND STORAGE, FIBERGLASS 62W X 42D X 60H NET W 47028N
CONTAINER SHIPPING AND STORAGE, FIBERGLASS 62W X 42D X 60H NET W 47028N
POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY, TYX 63026N
POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY, TYX 63026N
POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY, TYX 63026N
POWER SUPPLY ASSEMBLY, TYX 63026N
PROJECTOR/REVIEWER/EDITOR  70014N
SCREEN PROJECTION UNIT 70019N
SCREEN PROJECTION UNIT 70019N
SCREEN PROJECTION UNIT 70019N
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Hi Kev

You can wrap what you are looking for in * (wild card)

Index & match - =INDEX($B$2:$B$14,MATCH("*"&E2&"*",$A$2:$A$14,0))

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VLOOKUP - =VLOOKUP("*"&E2&"*",$A$2:$B$14,2,FALSE)

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