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Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out
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Microsoft® Excel® 2010 Formulas & Functions Inside Out

by Helmut Reinke Egbert Jeschke Sara Unverhau, Eckehard Pfeifer, Bodo Fienitz, and Jens Bock
December 2011
Intermediate to advanced
1088 pages
24h 50m
English
Microsoft Press
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SEARCH(), SEARCHB()

Syntax

  • SEARCH(find_text,within_text,start_num)

  • SEARCHB(find_text,within_text,start_byte)

Definition. The SEARCH() function returns the first occurrence at which a string is found. The search starts at the position indicated by the start_num argument. The function is not case-sensitive.

The SEARCHB() function returns the number of bytes of the characters. This function is used for double-byte strings.

Arguments

  • find_text (required). The string you are searching for

  • within_text (required). The text in which to search for find_text

  • start_num/start_byte (optional). The starting character from which to begin the search

Background. If you edit text, you often need to know the position of a certain character or string within the text—for example, ...

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