Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Find / Compare Text in 2 different cells
hi, am trying to test if left 2 characters in 1 cell, is equal string of
characters in another cell. e.g.: Cell A5: F00 Cell $A$3: A0 B0 C0 D0 E0 F0 Problem: does the left 2 characters "F0" exist in cell $A$3 thanks..... |
#2
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Find / Compare Text in 2 different cells
Try
=NOT(ISERROR(FIND(LEFT(A5,2),A3))) -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "nastech" wrote in message ... hi, am trying to test if left 2 characters in 1 cell, is equal string of characters in another cell. e.g.: Cell A5: F00 Cell $A$3: A0 B0 C0 D0 E0 F0 Problem: does the left 2 characters "F0" exist in cell $A$3 thanks..... |
#3
Posted to microsoft.public.excel.misc
|
|||
|
|||
Find / Compare Text in 2 different cells
Or equivalently:
=isnumber(FIND(LEFT(A5,2),A3)) And to the OP. =find() is case-sensitive. If you don't care about the difference between F0 and f0, you can use =search() instead of =find(). Chip Pearson wrote: Try =NOT(ISERROR(FIND(LEFT(A5,2),A3))) -- Cordially, Chip Pearson Microsoft MVP - Excel, 10 Years Pearson Software Consulting www.cpearson.com (email on the web site) "nastech" wrote in message ... hi, am trying to test if left 2 characters in 1 cell, is equal string of characters in another cell. e.g.: Cell A5: F00 Cell $A$3: A0 B0 C0 D0 E0 F0 Problem: does the left 2 characters "F0" exist in cell $A$3 thanks..... -- Dave Peterson |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
FIND / SEARCH text compare cell to string in 3rd cell | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
Help with Function: Compare text and and edit in cells | Excel Worksheet Functions | |||
How do I compare data in two worksheets to find matching cells? | Excel Discussion (Misc queries) | |||
Compare cells/columns and highlight matching text strings | Excel Worksheet Functions | |||
How do you compare text in cells | Excel Worksheet Functions |