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Default using "find" or "search" to find commas


Here's the formula:

=IF(SEARCH(",",F121)0,"y","n")

I'm looking for commas, the above formula returns a "y" when it finds a
comma, however it doesn't return the "n" when it doesn't... I get a
#value! error.

What have I done wrong?


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