If function
 

In cell A1 I have: action, fiction, drama
If I have the word "drama" in cell A1, I want to enter the word "drama" in
cell A2.
How can I do this? I tried to use the if function but it doesn't work
because the words "action" and "fiction" are on the cell.

=if(A1="drama","drama","")

"Veronica" wrote in message
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In cell A1 I have: action, fiction, drama
If I have the word "drama" in cell A1, I want to enter the word "drama" in
cell A2.
How can I do this? I tried to use the if function but it doesn't work
because the words "action" and "fiction" are on the cell.

Hello Veronica. As a follow up to the previous answer, you might need to put
an asterisk in front of the first argument to the if finction to account for
the preceeding text : =IF(A1=*"drama","drama",""). This lets the function
know that there's other text within the cell, that comes BEFORE the text
"drama".
"Veronica" wrote in message
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In cell A1 I have: action, fiction, drama
If I have the word "drama" in cell A1, I want to enter the word "drama" in
cell A2.
How can I do this? I tried to use the if function but it doesn't work
because the words "action" and "fiction" are on the cell.

Oooops......put the asterisk WITHIN the quotation marks--- sorry.
"Roger H." wrote in message
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Hello Veronica. As a follow up to the previous answer, you might need to
put an asterisk in front of the first argument to the if finction to
account for the preceeding text : =IF(A1=*"drama","drama",""). This lets
the function know that there's other text within the cell, that comes
BEFORE the text "drama".
"Veronica" wrote in message
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In cell A1 I have: action, fiction, drama
If I have the word "drama" in cell A1, I want to enter the word "drama"
in
cell A2.
How can I do this? I tried to use the if function but it doesn't work
because the words "action" and "fiction" are on the cell.