Look in the vba help index for FINDNEXT. A good example.

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Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software

"Gareth Wretham" wrote in message
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hi - I want to report a fixed value of '1' if the term 'defect raised'
appears in a range of cells, regardless of frequency.

the current formula I have is =COUNTIF(D49:M52,"defect raised")

but this reports the frequency instead of the value 1.

ie this should be a binary value - 1 if the term is present and 0 if
not.

no idea how to do this, any help appreciated.