How to find a text in a string without giving the position of the

[Sreekanth]

My requirement are
I want to find a particular text in a string with out giving the position of
the text . I believe that if we use find and search we have to give the text
position for the particular text. Can anyone guide me what should be the
function used for getting this.

 

[Don Guillett]

Post example(s)

 

[dlw]

No, the "start position" in =FIND() is not the position of the text you are
looking for (why would you need to find it if you know where it is?), it just
allows you to start looking in a different position. If you are searching
the entire cell, just leave it out.
for example:
A1 = "look for this text"
=FIND("this",a1) will result in 10, because what you are looking starts at
the 10th character.