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Excel-if-Cells-Contain-Specific-Text<\/a>Download File<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

To check whether a cell contains specific text, you can use the SEARCH function<\/a>. This function will return the position of the first match and the #VALUE!<\/strong> error otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because we don\u2019t want to have errors in our formula, we are going to use the SEARCH<\/strong> function with the ISNUMBER function<\/a>. ISNUMBER<\/strong> returns TRUE<\/strong> if there is a number and FALSE<\/strong> if there is anything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following formula will return TRUE<\/strong> if there is specific text inside a cell, and FALSE<\/strong> otherwise. This version is case-insensitive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

=ISNUMBER(SEARCH(substring,string))<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If you want to use the case-sensitive version, you can use the following formula.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
=ISNUMBER(FIND(substring,string))<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
If cells contain the specific text then count<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Here, we are going to count all cells that contain the specified text<\/a>. There are two ways to count these cells. In this case, we are going to use the following formulas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Count cells that contain the entire text and nothing more.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    =COUNTIF(A1:C4,\"six\")<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    1. Count cells that contain the specified text.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
      =COUNTIF(A1:C4,\"*six*\")<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      \"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
      In the first example (C6<\/strong>), Excel will return 1 because only one cell (B2<\/strong>) meets the criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      The second example will return three because cells B2<\/strong>, C2<\/strong>, and C3<\/strong> meet the criteria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      If cells contain the specific text then return value in another cell<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
      We can simply modify this example to copy the cell to a different column if the cell contains<\/a> the specific text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      Copy all the data<\/a> from A1<\/strong> to C4<\/strong> to column A<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      Inside cell B1<\/strong>, enter the following formula:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
      =IF(COUNTIF(A1,\"*six*\")>0,A1,\"-\")<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
      This formula checks whether there is \u201csix\u201d inside cell A1. If TRUE, it copies cell A1 to B1. If FALSE it inserts a dash. Autofill the remaining cells to get the following result.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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