Because SEARCH returns a #VALUE error if the text is not found. Testing this
for 0 still returns #VALUE, whereas testing it for a number, ISNUMBER,
will return FALSE, which is coerced correctly to a number.

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Thank you. It did work! Can you explain why the ISNUMBER and SEARCH
made the difference?


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