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Default Alpha conditional statements

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=IF(SEARCH("east",A1,1),A1,"")

Mike

"Dick W." wrote:

*east does not find Northeast in the following formula:-
=if(a1="*east",a1,"")
What am I doing wrong?
Office XP
Thanks, Dick W