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Default 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.
 
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