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SEARCH

Use the SEARCH function to find the starting position of one text value within another text value, returning the position of the first character of the first text value in the second text value.

Use

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

ParameterRequiredDescription
find_textYesthe text to find
within_textYesthe text to search
start_numNospecifies the character at which to start the search (starting from 1)

ReturnsNumber

Example

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