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    Question Find Text in string

    Hi, I am trying to evaluate whether a string contains certain text, I have used the "Find" and "Search" functions but get an error message when the text I am searching for is not in the string, Help?

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    Re: Find Text in string

    Perhaps...

    =ISNUMBER(SEARCH("test", A2))

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    Re: Find Text in string

    Or ...

    =COUNTIF(A2,"*String*")

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    Re: Find Text in string

    Awesome, thank you for your help.

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    Re: Find Text in string

    Thank you for your help, now 2 ways to find.

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