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Checking to see whether a string contains a certain character
Is there any way to check whether string "chair" contains "*" or not? thankx in advance -- ajitpalsingh200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ajitpalsingh200's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=16150 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=320533 |
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Checking to see whether a string contains a certain character
Use function InStr():
InStr(1, "chair", "*") returns 0 bcause * isn't found in "chair"; InStr(1, "chair", "h") returns 2, because h is found in the second position in "chair" starting from 1. HTH, Nikos "ajitpalsingh200" wrote in message ... Is there any way to check whether string "chair" contains "*" or not? thankx in advance -- ajitpalsingh200 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ajitpalsingh200's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=16150 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=320533 |
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