The two most apparent options involve FIND or SEARCH.

FIND is case sensitive and SEARCH is not.

Here is sample formula
=IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("p",A1)),"say one thing","say something else")



"Matt" wrote in message
...
I would like to be able to search a cell for a certain "character" and if
it
contains that character, I would like another cell to say one thing and if
it
does not contain the Character I am looking for, the cell will say
something
else.

I hope this says enough.