Need simple formula to find one string in another
Is there a simpler solution?
It depends on ones definition of "simpler".
You can try this if you're not trying to match the case of "XXX".
=IF(COUNTIF(C3,"*XXX*"),"Y","N")
FIND is case sensitive. Using FIND:
xXx does not match XXX.
Using COUNTIF, case doesn't matter.
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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP
"Eric_NY" wrote in message
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I need a formula which returns Y if a cell contains a string and N if not.
Here's a start: IF(FIND("XXX",C3),"Y","N"). But the trouble is that if the
target string is not found, it returns a #VALUE! error.
I can of course fix that by something like
IF(ISERROR(FIND("XXX",C3),"N","Y"). But this seems unnecessarily awkward.
Is
there a simpler solution?
I'm using Excel 2003.
Thanks.
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