How can I check cells for number series?
- by Stephen Younger
I have a bit of a problem evaluating an excel cell. Example:
M M M M M M M M M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2;5;7
1;9
3;5;7;9
I have a number of excel cells which contain numbers (months). In the first column I have a series of numbers. I want to use conditional formatting to color the corresponding cells in the right columns. If correctly colored I would get something like this:
M M M M M M M M M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2;5;7 X X X
1;9 X X
3;5;7;9 X X X X
The formula I have now is this:
IF(ISNUMBER(FIND(L$22;$K23));$H23;"")
but the problem is that cells are colored too which contain part of a number. If I enter 10;15 as input I get this:
M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
10;15 X X X X
because 1 and 5 are found too. I only want column 10 and 15 to be marked. How can I change the formula or the input?
