Hi,

Am Wed, 20 Jan 2016 12:13:27 -0800 (PST) schrieb :

What about if I want it to search for the word 'apples' but there was for instance "apples and pairs" text in the cell, it doesn't search within that specific phrase?

try:
=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Apples",A1)),"a","")


Regards
Claus B.
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