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if O5 contain the word "update" then put "set" in P5. Thanks
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If you want to test whether the word "update" appears in O5, possibly with
other text, use

=IF(ISNUMBER(FIND("update",O5,1)),"set","")

If you to test O5 for ONLY the word update, use

=IF(O5="update","set","")

If UPPER and lower case matters, use

=IF(EXACT(O5,"UpDaTe"),"set","")


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=IF(O5="update","set","else do this")

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