Google sheet dynamic WHERE clause for query() statement

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Published on 2014-06-11T08:53:30Z Indexed on 2014/06/13 3:25 UTC
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I have a data table like so:

a 1
a 2
b 3
b 4
c 5
c 6
c 7

I want to pull items out of this table by dynamically telling it what letters to pull. My current formula is: =query(A1:B7,"select * where A ='" & D1 & "'"). D1 being the cell I wish to modify to modify the query. I want to be able input into D1 --> a, a,b, a,b,c and have the query work. I know it would involve or statements in the query, but haven't figured out how to make the formula dynamic.

I am looking for a general solution for this pattern:

a --> A = 'a'

a,b --> A = 'a' or A = 'b'

a,b,c --> A = 'a' or A = 'b' or A='c'

Or any other solution that solves the problem.

Edit: So far I have =ArrayFormula(CONCATENATE("A='"&split(D3,",")&"' or ")) this gives A='a' or A='b' or A='c' or for a,b,c. can't figure out how to remove the last or.

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