Can anyone tell me how to use some logic to return a value from a partial
cell reference? Here is what I have tried, as you can guess they didnt work.
Is there a wild card that could be put before and after in the formula? (That
is what the % was all about in my first attempt.) note column B is where i am
trying to return the value from the formula.

=if(a1=%her%,€�her€�,0) I also tried€¦ =if(a1=€�her€�,€�her€�,0)
A B
1 t-shirt small her black her
2 t-shirt med him black
3 t-shirt med her black her

On 8 mar, 23:03, Shaun wrote:
Can anyone tell me how to use some logic to return a value from a partial
cell reference? Here is what I have tried, as you can guess they didn’t work.
Is there a wild card that could be put before and after in the formula? (That
is what the % was all about in my first attempt.) note column B is where i am
trying to return the value from the formula.

=if(a1=%her%,”her”,0) *I also tried… *=if(a1=”her”,”her”,0)
* * * * A * * * * * * * * * * * B
1 * * * t-shirt small her black * * * * her
2 * * * t-shirt med him black *
3 * * * t-shirt med her black * * * * * her

Good evening

You can try the Excel FIND function like this
IF(ISERROR(FIND("her";A1;1));0;"her")
The FIND function returns an Error (#VALUE!) if the substring "her" is
not found.

Regards

In Excel, the wild card is *, not %. * will match any number of characters.
A single character is ?.

However, the If function does not support wild cards. But other functions
like Countif do. So try:
=if(countif(a1,"*her*")0,"her",0)

I'm also willing to bet you'd be happier with a blank cell than zero, if so,
use:
=if(countif(a1,"*her*")0,"her","")

Regards,
Fred

"Shaun" wrote in message
...
Can anyone tell me how to use some logic to return a value from a partial
cell reference? Here is what I have tried, as you can guess they didnt
work.
Is there a wild card that could be put before and after in the formula?
(That
is what the % was all about in my first attempt.) note column B is where i
am
trying to return the value from the formula.

=if(a1=%her%,€�her€�,0) I also tried€¦ =if(a1=€�her€�,€�her€�,0)
A B
1 t-shirt small her black her
2 t-shirt med him black
3 t-shirt med her black her