I would like to use a 'contains' formula in excel which would return TRUE or
FALSE, however I can' t seem to find one..

Can anyone create a simple Function Procedure that I can use in excel which
would take two inputs, and compare them to see whether one string is
contained in the other and return TRUE or FALSE if there is a match back to
the spreadsheet?

Many thanks

Rich

I should add that it should be able to handle a formula something like
this..

=CONTAINS(OR(A1,A2,A3,A4),B1)

Where B1 is the reference cell, and the cells being checked are A1,A2,A3 etc

or alternatively

=OR(CONTAINS(A1,B1),CONTAINS(A2,B1)) etc
.....

"Rich" wrote in message
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I would like to use a 'contains' formula in excel which would return TRUE
or FALSE, however I can' t seem to find one..

Can anyone create a simple Function Procedure that I can use in excel
which would take two inputs, and compare them to see whether one string is
contained in the other and return TRUE or FALSE if there is a match back
to the spreadsheet?

Many thanks

Rich

try functions:
FIND case sensitive
SEARCH case insensitive

alas.. as most excel functions.. instead of returning
a 0 if not found it returns Value#.. so wrap in if(iserror(),,)


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Rich wrote :

I would like to use a 'contains' formula in excel which would return
TRUE or FALSE, however I can' t seem to find one..

Can anyone create a simple Function Procedure that I can use in excel
which would take two inputs, and compare them to see whether one
string is contained in the other and return TRUE or FALSE if there is
a match back to the spreadsheet?

Many thanks

Rich