find text in cell
Hi,
I am trying to do something like this: if(instr("ABC",A1),A1,"")) Doesn't work? If ABC is found in A1 I would like to copy A1 to B1 (leave B1 blank if not). Thanks in advance for any help you can give. |
find text in cell
Did you bother to look in the vba help index for INSTR
-- Don Guillett Microsoft MVP Excel SalesAid Software "Bonnie" wrote in message ... Hi, I am trying to do something like this: if(instr("ABC",A1),A1,"")) Doesn't work? If ABC is found in A1 I would like to copy A1 to B1 (leave B1 blank if not). Thanks in advance for any help you can give. |
find text in cell
Instr is a VBA function.
You can use =search() or =find(): =if(isnumber(search("abc",a1),a1,"") =find() is case sensitive. =search() is not. Another alternative (not case sensitive): =if(countif(a1,"*abc*")0,a1,"") Bonnie wrote: Hi, I am trying to do something like this: if(instr("ABC",A1),A1,"")) Doesn't work? If ABC is found in A1 I would like to copy A1 to B1 (leave B1 blank if not). Thanks in advance for any help you can give. -- Dave Peterson |
find text in cell
That's what I was looking for Dave. Thanks so much for your kindness in
taking the time. Bonnie "Dave Peterson" wrote: Instr is a VBA function. You can use =search() or =find(): =if(isnumber(search("abc",a1),a1,"") =find() is case sensitive. =search() is not. Another alternative (not case sensitive): =if(countif(a1,"*abc*")0,a1,"") Bonnie wrote: Hi, I am trying to do something like this: if(instr("ABC",A1),A1,"")) Doesn't work? If ABC is found in A1 I would like to copy A1 to B1 (leave B1 blank if not). Thanks in advance for any help you can give. -- Dave Peterson |
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