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=IF(ISERROR(SEARCH(" and ",C2)),"",LEFT(C2,SEARCH(" and ",C2))) to avoid the error you are getting "Mctabish" wrote in message news:MXBAd.722502$mD.346465@attbi_s02... I am trying to test for the word " and " in a cell. If the word is there, everything is fine. However, if the word is not there, I get a #value! error. Here is the formula I have =IF(SEARCH(" and ",C2)0,LEFT(C2,SEARCH(" and ",C2)),"") Column C has names and if married, the spouses name. I am trying to separate these in to differant coulmns. The results of the above would be the extracted spouses name Thanks, Mctabish |
How to avoid the #Value! result in a formula?
I am trying to test for the word " and " in a cell. If the word is there,
everything is fine. However, if the word is not there, I get a #value! error. Here is the formula I have =IF(SEARCH(" and ",C2)0,LEFT(C2,SEARCH(" and ",C2)),"") Column C has names and if married, the spouses name. I am trying to separate these in to differant coulmns. The results of the above would be the extracted spouses name Thanks, Mctabish |
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one way: =IF(COUNTIF(C2,"* and *"),LEFT(C2,SEARCH(" and ",C2)),"") -- Regards Frank Kabel Frankfurt, Germany "Mctabish" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:MXBAd.722502$mD.346465@attbi_s02... I am trying to test for the word " and " in a cell. If the word is there, everything is fine. However, if the word is not there, I get a #value! error. Here is the formula I have =IF(SEARCH(" and ",C2)0,LEFT(C2,SEARCH(" and ",C2)),"") Column C has names and if married, the spouses name. I am trying to separate these in to differant coulmns. The results of the above would be the extracted spouses name Thanks, Mctabish |
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