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Revision as of 09:16, 24 November 2009


FIND

Returns the position of a string of text within another string.

Syntax:

FIND(findtext; texttosearch; startposition)

returns the character position of the first occurrence of findtext within texttosearch.
startposition (optional) is the position from which the search starts.
The search is case-sensitive.
A failed search gives the #VALUE! error.

Example:

FIND("yo"; "Yoyo")

returns 3.

FIND("cho"; "choochoo"; 2)

returns 5.

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