Alpha conditional statements

  • Thread starter Thread starter Dick W.
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Dick W.

*east does not find Northeast in the following formula:-
=if(a1="*east",a1,"")
What am I doing wrong?
Office XP
Thanks, Dick W
 
That will throw an error if it doesn't find anything, you have to wrap it in
either ISNUMBER or ISERR/ISERROR


=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("east",A1,1)),A1,"")


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom
 
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