SEARCH

TextExcel 2007

Like FIND, but case-insensitive and allows ? and * wildcards.

Syntax

SEARCH(find_text, within_text, [start_num])

Examples

=SEARCH("in", "PRIYA INC")

→ 7

=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("error", A2))

→ TRUE — Does A2 contain "error"?

Related functions

FIND ISNUMBER SUBSTITUTE

More Text functions

ARRAYTOTEXT ASC BAHTTEXT CHAR CLEAN CODE CONCAT CONCATENATE DBCS DOLLAR EXACT FIND

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