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kadomony
Need a formula that searches the adjacent cell for a string and returns True if it's found and False if not.

eg: i'm looking for a string "xyz"
A1||||||||B1
12xyz34w True
12xy32w False


Thanks.
tubularbills
=average(ta!oldest:ta!youngest)
kadomony
quote:
Originally posted by tubularbills
=average(ta!oldest:ta!youngest)


thanks, but that formula returned "shenanigans" no matter what cell i referenced.
Comrade Stalin
Try this...

=IF(FIND("XYZ",B1),"TRUE","FALSE")
kadomony
quote:
Originally posted by Comrade Stalin
Try this...

=IF(FIND("XYZ",B1),"TRUE","FALSE")


That is to be working. Thank you, komrade.
KilldaDJ
=today()
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