No. You need to use functions like Find or Search, as in:
=isnumber(search(b1,a1))

Regards,
Fred

"Dave" wrote in message
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Hi,
XL2003.
Is it possible to use wildcards in simple logic statements?
If A1 contains "qwerty" and B1 contains "qw"
In C1 I've tried:
=A1=B1* - xl complained
=A1=B1&* -xl complained
=A1=B1&"*" - returned FALSE
Regards - Dave.