=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",B178)), "True", "FALSE")
or if you want a logical rather than text
=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("-",B178))
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David Biddulph

jhchan wrote:
I'm trying to use an IF statement with my SEARCH function so that if
a "-" is found I will do one thing but if it is not found it will do
something else.

However, the statement bombs when there is no "-" found. It returns
the #VALUE! and it no longer evaluates my IF expression. It just
stops and returns the error value instead of giving it the value I
put in the IF statement for false.

Anyone know how to get around that?
my test statement looks like this:
=IF(SEARCH("-",B178) 0, "True", "FALSE")