{"id":1201,"date":"2018-07-02T17:02:01","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T17:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2023-11-02T19:29:46","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T19:29:46","slug":"find","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/functions\/find\/","title":{"rendered":"FIND function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Excel FIND function is a useful tool for finding the position of a specific substring within a larger text string. It&#8217;s handy when you want to locate a particular word, phrase, or character in a cell&#8217;s content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Syntax<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>FIND(find_text, within_text, [start_num])<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Arguments<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>find_text<\/strong><\/td><td>The text you want to find within the larger text string.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>within_text<\/strong><\/td><td>The text string in which you want to search for the find_text.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>[start_num] <\/strong><\/td><td>(Optional) The position within within_text where you want to start the search. If not provided, the search starts from the beginning. If you want to start from a specific character, you can specify it here.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The FIND function is straightforward to use. Let&#8217;s consider a few examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example 1:<\/strong> Finding &#8220;apple&#8221; in cell A1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=FIND(\"apple\", A1)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This formula will return the position of &#8220;apple&#8221; within the text in cell A1. If &#8220;apple&#8221; is found at the beginning of the text, it will return 1, and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example 2:<\/strong> Starting the search from the 5th character in cell A1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=FIND(\"pear\", A1, 5)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>By adding the optional start_num argument, you can begin the search from a specific character position in the text. In this case, it will look for &#8220;pear&#8221; starting from the 5th character of the text in cell A1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Example 3:<\/strong> Handling cases where the find_text is not in the within_text:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=FIND(\"banana\", A1)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>If &#8220;banana&#8221; is not found in the text in cell A1, the formula will return an error value, #VALUE!. You can use the IFERROR function to handle such situations and display a custom message or perform an alternative action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Excel FIND function is a useful tool for finding the position of a specific substring within a larger text string. 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