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(@ehab1511)
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Hi,

 

Please can you me as I have million names and I want to know it is Contain "?" or not.

Please check attached sample.

 

Thanks;

Ehab Ali

 
Posted : 27/05/2019 11:09 am
(@sunnykow)
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In cell C2 enter =ISNUMBER(FIND("?",A2))

 
Posted : 27/05/2019 7:17 pm
(@ehab1511)
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Thank you very much.

 
Posted : 28/05/2019 8:44 am
(@fravis)
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Hi Sunny,

I see it works, but can't figure out why it works? What does the 'isnumber' while nothing is a number??

Maybe you can explain in normal English? Thanks in advance!

Frans

 
Posted : 28/05/2019 2:55 pm
Anders Sehlstedt
(@sehlsan)
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Hello,

What FIND function gives you is the character position number if it finds what is looked for, else a #VALUE! error. By wrapping this with the ISNUMBER function you then get a TRUE or FALSE value.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/find-findb-functions-c7912941-af2a-4bdf-a553-d0d89b0a0628

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/is-functions-0f2d7971-6019-40a0-a171-f2d869135665

 
Posted : 28/05/2019 4:38 pm
(@sunnykow)
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Hi Frans

Anders had described exactly what I was doing. Thanks Anders.

Sunny

 
Posted : 28/05/2019 8:08 pm
Anders Sehlstedt
(@sehlsan)
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Hello,

I also found this blog article that covers this topic.

https://www.myonlinetraininghub.com/excel-search-and-you-will-find

 
Posted : 29/05/2019 1:06 am
(@fravis)
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Thanks boys! Nice to keep on learning here!

Frans

 
Posted : 30/05/2019 4:15 am
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