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This is the spreadsheet I'm working on. I am trying to figure out a formula for conditional formatting so that it only highlights the cells in red if none of the cells from columns N to Y of the Failed tab says either "Yes, I take this medication within the specified dosage range" or "I am unsure If I take this".

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  • What column should be highlighted in this case? All columns N-Y or something else?
    – user79865
    Jul 11, 2016 at 12:53
  • columns N-Y should be highlighted; none if the condition is met
    – Vee
    Jul 11, 2016 at 12:59

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After selecting the range N2:Y, apply to it conditional formatting with "Custom formula is:"

=sum(arrayformula(n(regexmatch($N2:$Y2, "Yes, I take this medication within the specified dosage range|I am unsure If I take this")))) = 0

Explanation: $N2:$Y2 refers to the range N-Y in the current row. regexmatch($N2:$Y2, "this|that") returns True when the cell contains either "this" or "that" (this is a substring search, which is appropriate in your case). Then N converts True to 1 and False to 0. The whole array of these 1-0 values is then summed, and the formatting applies if the sum is 0, meaning there were no matches.

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  • Thanks @Bookend. The formula works on non-empty cells but the empty cells are formatted in red because they met the criteria too. How do I get around that?
    – Vee
    Jul 12, 2016 at 3:53
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    You can exclude empty cells by changing the formula to =len(N2)*(sum(...) = 0) where sum(...) is as above
    – user79865
    Jul 12, 2016 at 4:37

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