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Thank you, Dave
So helpful!

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=IF(COUNTIF(A1,"a2?d")0,1,"")

The question mark in this formula is a wildcard for a single character.

lashio wrote:

A1 = "A24D"
I want to look up cell A1 for A2?D, similar to search text.
Cell B1 = 1 if A1 contains text A2?D, "" otherwise.
Can it be formulated? Thanks


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