{"id":1306,"date":"2018-07-04T10:19:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T10:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/?p=1306"},"modified":"2023-11-03T13:29:33","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T13:29:33","slug":"search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/officetuts.net\/excel\/functions\/search\/","title":{"rendered":"SEARCH function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Excel SEARCH function is used to find a specific text string within another text string and return its starting position. It&#8217;s a helpful tool for locating a word or phrase within a cell&#8217;s content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Syntax<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>=SEARCH([text_to_find], [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 is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>text_to_find<\/strong><\/td><td>The text you want to find within the &#8216;within_text&#8217;.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>within_text<\/strong><\/td><td>The text in which you want to search for &#8216;text_to_find&#8217;.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>[start_num]<\/strong><\/td><td>(Optional) The position within &#8216;within_text&#8217; where the search should start. If omitted, the search starts at the beginning. If specified, the function starts searching from that position.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Use<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The SEARCH function is straightforward to use. Let&#8217;s look at some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=SEARCH(\"apple\", \"I have an apple and a banana\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>This formula will return 11 because it finds &#8220;apple&#8221; starting at the 11th position in the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=SEARCH(\"banana\", \"I have an apple and a banana\")<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, it returns 24 as &#8220;banana&#8221; starts at the 24th position in the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>=SEARCH(\"apple\", \"I have an apple and a banana\", 12)<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>By specifying a &#8216;start_num&#8217; of 12, it returns 19 because it starts the search after the first &#8220;apple&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use the SEARCH function to perform various tasks, such as extracting data based on specific keywords or finding patterns within your data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that SEARCH is not case-sensitive. 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