Hi,
I am trying to write a formula that finds an * in a cell and when found enters Yes or No, I am using the formula below but not working quite right.
=IF(SEARCH("~*", A4), "yes", "no")
If it finds a * I get yes un the cell, but if does not find a * I get a #VALUE!
All cells are text format so can't think what is wrong?
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B1=isnumber(search("~*",a1))
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Last edited by CARACALLA; 07-12-2024 at 09:32 AM.
Thank you that works, I added a bit more to populate the Cell as well
=if(isnumber(search("~*",a1)),"Wildcard", "Simple")
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