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2 Text Contains values? Search: D
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4 G, E, U, O 0
5 A, N, L, W 0
6 X, Q, D, U 1
7 O, G, P, X 0
8 D, L, B, N 0
9 M, C, F, V 0
10 N, G, O, W 0
11 U, S, D, Q 1
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19 The formula bar now shows the formula with a beginning and ending curly bracket telling you that you entered th
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21 Explaining formula in cell C3
22 The SEARCH function returns the character position of a substring in a text string, it returns an error if not found.
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32 THE COUNT function counts the number of values that contain a number, it conveniently also ignores errors.
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50 and returns FALSE in cell C3.
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53 If you want the formula to return TRUE if at least one value is found change the formula to:
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56 =COUNT(SEARCH($F$2:$F$4,B3))=>2
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58 This formula is slightly larger but has an advantage of being a regular formula.
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2 Text Contains values? Search: D
3 A, U, G, E 0 U
4 G, E, U, O 0
5 A, N, L, W 0
6 X, Q, D, U 0
7 O, G, P, X 0
8 D, L, B, N 0
9 M, C, F, V 0
10 N, G, O, W 0
11 U, S, D, Q 0
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2 Text Contains values? Search: D
3 A, U, G, E 0 U
4 G, E, U, O 0
5 A, N, L, W 0
6 X, Q, D, U 0
7 O, G, P, X 0
8 D, L, B, N 0
9 M, C, F, V 0
10 N, G, O, W 0
11 U, S, D, Q 0