"Atif" wrote:
=IF(SEARCH("BCOT",A2)0,"BCOT",IF(SEARCH("BCPN",A2 )0,"BCPN",""))

Try:

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("BCOT",A2)),"BCOT",IF(ISNUMBER (SEARCH("BCPN",A2)),"BCPN",""))


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"Atif" wrote in message
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Hi:

I am using following formula to search a string and display in target
cell,
if first IF condition returns TRUE it displays BCOT, if not #value! error.
any help.

=IF(SEARCH("BCOT",A2)0,"BCOT",IF(SEARCH("BCPN",A2 )0,"BCPN",""))