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@netscapeXSPAM.com says...
t's the starting position for the search. The default is 1, so I didn't have
to use it.

But if I wanted to ignore the first 2 characters, I could:
=SEARCH("x",A1,3)
so if A1 contained: xxasdfxqwer
that formula would return: 7

Excel's help is a nice spot to look for these kinds of questions <bg.

Dave thanks for taking the time to write out the explaination.
I am so used to looking in my old book
I never thought of Excel Help.
But the info is there.

Emory