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FIND

Use the FIND function to locate one text value within a second text value, and return the number of the starting position of the first text value from the first character of the second text value.

Use

FIND( find_text, within_text, [start_num] )
Finds the position of one text value within another (case-sensitive).

ParameterRequiredDescription
find_textYesthe text to find
within_textYesthe text to search for find_text
[start_num]Nospecifies the character at which to start the search (starting from 1)

ReturnsNumber

Example

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