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Default Return position of 2nd, 3rd, ect occurrence of a character in a st

the Excel =FIND command returns the position of the first instance of a
string that it finds. Is there any way to find position of the 2nd, 3rd, or
nth occurrence? Using =MID is too messy.
 
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