Hi

I'm sure this must be the easiest question ever but it's proving very
difficult for me to find in the help and on Google.

What is the Excel function that says "if A1 contains "fred" then 1, else
0".

Note, A1 might contain Fred, Freddy or Alfredo, all should match.

TIA
Tim

hi
=IF(A1="Fred",1,IF(A1="Freddy",1,if(A1="Alfredo",1 ,0)))

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Hi

I'm sure this must be the easiest question ever but it's
proving very
difficult for me to find in the help and on Google.

What is the Excel function that says "if A1
contains "fred" then 1, else
0".

Note, A1 might contain Fred, Freddy or Alfredo, all
should match.

TIA
Tim
.

=--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("fred",A1)))

--

Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Tim Sampson" wrote in message
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Hi

I'm sure this must be the easiest question ever but it's proving very
difficult for me to find in the help and on Google.

What is the Excel function that says "if A1 contains "fred" then 1, else
0".

Note, A1 might contain Fred, Freddy or Alfredo, all should match.

TIA
Tim

wrote in news:0fae01c51438$df781480
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hi
=IF(A1="Fred",1,IF(A1="Freddy",1,if(A1="Alfredo",1 ,0)))

Thanks but that's not quite what I was asking for. I might not know all the
different permutations. I want contains "fred".

Tim

=--(COUNTIF(A1,"*fred*")0)

--
Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Tim Sampson" wrote in message
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Hi

I'm sure this must be the easiest question ever but it's proving very
difficult for me to find in the help and on Google.

What is the Excel function that says "if A1 contains "fred" then 1, else
0".

Note, A1 might contain Fred, Freddy or Alfredo, all should match.

TIA
Tim

"Peo Sjoblom" wrote in news:usYMxjDFFHA.3492
@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:

=--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("fred",A1)))


ISNUMBER, SEARCH and FIND all added to my portfolio.

Thanks very much
Tim

"Ken Wright" wrote in news:#LEJasDFFHA.4072
@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

=--(COUNTIF(A1,"*fred*")0)


What is the =-- for?

Tim

Without it the formula will return TRUE or FALSE. The -- will convert TRUE
to 1 and FALSE to 0

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html

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Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Tim Sampson" wrote in message
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"Ken Wright" wrote in
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=--(COUNTIF(A1,"*fred*")0)


What is the =-- for?

Tim