=LEN(A1)<LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"d","")) ......................... TRUE/FALSE
=IF(LEN(A1)<LEN(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"d","")),"Y","N") .......... Y/N
best wishes
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Bernard V Liengme
Microsoft Excel MVP
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"HS" wrote in message
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is there a way to say to create a column that displays a Yes or No if part
of
a field has some text in it

for example if you wanted to tag the ones that had a D in column A

ColumnA Tag
abc N
abde Y
abcd Y
Thanks!