Find certain text in a cell

[Elton Law]

Hi all,
Wanna use a formula so that it can give logical result (True or False) if
that cell contains certain words.
Say cell A1 contains a text "I love you".
Say cell A2 contains a text "I miss you".
Say cell A3 contains a text "I hate you".
Is there an "IF" function or formula that can give logical result (True or
False) if that cell contains a word "hate".
In this case, A3 should come up with True while A1 and A2 are false.
Thanks

 

[Ashish Mathur]

Hi,

You can use =IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(" hate ",A1,1)),3>2,2>3)

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Regards,

Ashish Mathur
Microsoft Excel MVP
www.ashishmathur.com

 

[Mike H]

Try

=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("hate",A1))

Mike

 

[Teethless mama]

=COUNTIF(A3,"* hate *")>0