TRUECALC
Functions

FIND

Case-sensitive position search

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When to use it

Use FIND for a case-sensitive match that does not allow wildcards; use SEARCH when you want a case-insensitive match or wildcard support.

What does FIND return if the text is not present?

FIND returns a #VALUE! error when the search text is not found, so wrap it in IFERROR if a missing match is expected.

Use cases

Find the position of the @ in an email address

Find a letter inside a short string

Used in

operations · retail · sales

Syntax

FIND(find_text, within_text, start)

Examples

=FIND("n","printing") // => 4
=FIND("wood","How much wood can a woodchuck chuck",14) // => 21
=FIND("H","Hello World") // => 1

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