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Bill Ridgeway
 
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Could someone help please?

I am looking for the Excel formula equivalent of the ?SQL command that will
return true or false dependent on a text string being found in a particular
cell.

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
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=ISNUMBER(FIND("text",A1))

if case sensitive

=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("text",A1))

if not

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Could someone help please?

I am looking for the Excel formula equivalent of the ?SQL command that

will
return true or false dependent on a text string being found in a

particular
cell.

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions




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