If cell contains...

Hi

I'm sure this must be the easiest question ever but it's proving very
difficult for me to find in the help and on Google.

What is the Excel function that says "if A1 contains "fred" then 1, else
0".

Note, A1 might contain Fred, Freddy or Alfredo, all should match.

TIA
Tim

hi
=IF(A1="Fred",1,IF(A1="Freddy",1,if(A1="Alfredo",1,0)))

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>I'm sure this must be the easiest question ever but it's
proving very
>difficult for me to find in the help and on Google.
>
>What is the Excel function that says "if A1
contains "fred" then 1, else
>0".
>
>Note, A1 might contain Fred, Freddy or Alfredo, all
should match.
>
>TIA
>Tim
>.
>

=--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("fred",A1)))

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Tim Sampson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I'm sure this must be the easiest question ever but it's proving very
> difficult for me to find in the help and on Google.
>
> What is the Excel function that says "if A1 contains "fred" then 1, else
> 0".
>
> Note, A1 might contain Fred, Freddy or Alfredo, all should match.
>
> TIA
> Tim

<[email protected]> wrote in news:0fae01c51438$df781480
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> hi
> =IF(A1="Fred",1,IF(A1="Freddy",1,if(A1="Alfredo",1,0)))

Thanks but that's not quite what I was asking for. I might not know all the
different permutations. I want contains "fred".

Tim

=--(COUNTIF(A1,"*fred*")>0)

--
Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Tim Sampson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> I'm sure this must be the easiest question ever but it's proving very
> difficult for me to find in the help and on Google.
>
> What is the Excel function that says "if A1 contains "fred" then 1, else
> 0".
>
> Note, A1 might contain Fred, Freddy or Alfredo, all should match.
>
> TIA
> Tim

"Peo Sjoblom" <[email protected]> wrote in news:usYMxjDFFHA.3492
@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl:

> =--(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("fred",A1)))
>

ISNUMBER, SEARCH and FIND all added to my portfolio.

Thanks very much
Tim

"Ken Wright" <[email protected]> wrote in news:#LEJasDFFHA.4072
@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

> =--(COUNTIF(A1,"*fred*")>0)
>

What is the =-- for?

Tim

Without it the formula will return TRUE or FALSE. The -- will convert TRUE
to 1 and FALSE to 0

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html

--
Regards
Ken....................... Microsoft MVP - Excel
Sys Spec - Win XP Pro / XL 97/00/02/03

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"Tim Sampson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "Ken Wright" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> > =--(COUNTIF(A1,"*fred*")>0)
> >
>
> What is the =-- for?
>
> Tim

Originally Posted by Ken Wright

Without it the formula will return TRUE or FALSE. The -- will convert TRUE
to 1 and FALSE to 0

http://www.mcgimpsey.com/excel/formulae/doubleneg.html

Is there a way to change this from 1/0 to something else? For example, I'd like to have something like a YES if its true but just a blank cell if false.

Thanks

How would I do If an cell contains "-" then do =LEFT(B2,FIND("-",B2)-1) else b2

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