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We need to have a formula that can find a text in a cell and if text is in
the cell, return that text, otherwise, leave the cell blank.
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Try

=IF(ISTEXT(A1),A1,"")

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=IF(ISTEXT(A1),A1,"")

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We need to have a formula that can find a text in a cell and if text is in
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