Actually, use this: =IF(ISERROR(FIND("deleted",D7,1)),"R","D")

Dave
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"Dinesh" wrote:

I have a long text string. Within the text string, there is always a word
either "deleted" or "rejected". I like to equate the word "deleted" as "D" or
"rejected" as "R". What will be my formula. Assume the formula is on "A2".

Thanks in advance for the help.

Dinesh