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Thu 25 Apr 2013, 16:31
Edited on Thu 25 Apr 2013, 16:32Delegate Simon said...
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Searching for a specific text char in Excel 2010
I need to be able find a specific text character (actually a "/" )in a string, but return FALSE or zero if the character is not found, so I can do further processing on the data.
The SEARCH and FIND functions both evaluate to "#VALUE!" if my test data doesn't contain the "/", which I then can't use to do anything else with. I have about 30,000 cells to search, and my VB is non-existent, so being able to do it in one go would be a bonus!
Any help greatly appreciated please.
Thu 25 Apr 2013, 16:52Trainer Gary said...
RE: Searching for a specific text char in Excel 2010
Hi Simon
Thanks for getting in touch. You're on the right track with SEARCH and FIND, the key is to embed them within the IFERROR function. It could look something like this:
=IFERROR(FIND("/",A1),"No")
Which will return "No" if not found. You can replace the "No" with almost anything you like, such as "FALSE" or 0.
I hope this helps.
Kind regards
Gary Fenn
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Thu 25 Apr 2013, 18:01Delegate Simon said...
RE: Searching for a specific text char in Excel 2010
Brilliant, thanks Gary. I had completely forgotten about IFERROR - probably from staring at pages and pages of numbers! This does exactly what I need, so I can simplify a whole load of calculations now.
Many thanks
Simon
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