Finding Values in a cell

[Malik]

I have cells that have phrases written in them. Now I wish to assign a value
to the corresponding cell in the next column if a particular word is present
in the phrase.

e.g. Column A Column B
Johnny Passed the exam If A1 contains Johnny,
write 1 else 2
Rita missed the train If A1 contains Johnny,
write 1 else 2

How do I achieve the formula for column B?
Thanks in advance.

 

[OssieMac]

Try the following:-

=IF(ISERROR(FIND("Johnny",A1,1)),"2", "1")

FIND is case sensitive. Use SEARCH in lieu as follows for non case sensitive:-

=IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("johnny",A3,1)),"2", "1")

 

[Malik]

thanks.
wt shud i do if I have more than one words to search for? I know I can use
IF as many times as the words but the words that I have to search for are
around 35.

I want to search that "is any of these 35 words present in the phrase in A2?
If yes, condition1, if no condition2".

Your help is much appreciated.

Thanks again.

 

[OssieMac]

If I were doing it for myself then I would use a macro. If you want a macro
then let me know. Otherwise you could use 35 columns; one for each word and
then sum the values in the next column. If sum of values greater than 35 then
one of the words exists.