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Find Function
I would like to find the second occurence of a specific alphanumeric
character in a cell. For example, if cell A1 contains "BOBBY" what would be the formula for finding the second occurence of the letter "B". Thank you advance for your assistance. Greatly appreciated |
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=FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"B","#",2))
Replace # by another symbol if it can be part of your text -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "SJT" wrote in message ... I would like to find the second occurence of a specific alphanumeric character in a cell. For example, if cell A1 contains "BOBBY" what would be the formula for finding the second occurence of the letter "B". Thank you advance for your assistance. Greatly appreciated |
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In cell B1 try: =FIND("B",A9,2)
Micky "SJT" wrote: I would like to find the second occurence of a specific alphanumeric character in a cell. For example, if cell A1 contains "BOBBY" what would be the formula for finding the second occurence of the letter "B". Thank you advance for your assistance. Greatly appreciated |
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=FIND("B",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"B",CHAR(160),1))
Note that CHAR(160) is simply a non-printable character rarely used in normal usage. The formula replaces the first instance of desired letter, and then finds the 2nd instance. Alternatively: =FIND(CHAR(160),SUBSTITUTE(A1,"B",CHAR(160),2)) Could be used, if you want to control which instance of the letter to find (by simply changing the last arguement) -- Best Regards, Luke M "SJT" wrote in message ... I would like to find the second occurence of a specific alphanumeric character in a cell. For example, if cell A1 contains "BOBBY" what would be the formula for finding the second occurence of the letter "B". Thank you advance for your assistance. Greatly appreciated |
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A9 should read: A1
Micky "מיכאל (מיקי) אבידן" wrote: In cell B1 try: =FIND("B",A9,2) Micky "SJT" wrote: I would like to find the second occurence of a specific alphanumeric character in a cell. For example, if cell A1 contains "BOBBY" what would be the formula for finding the second occurence of the letter "B". Thank you advance for your assistance. Greatly appreciated |
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Thank you Niek.
"Niek Otten" wrote: =FIND("#",SUBSTITUTE(A1,"B","#",2)) Replace # by another symbol if it can be part of your text -- Kind regards, Niek Otten Microsoft MVP - Excel "SJT" wrote in message ... I would like to find the second occurence of a specific alphanumeric character in a cell. For example, if cell A1 contains "BOBBY" what would be the formula for finding the second occurence of the letter "B". Thank you advance for your assistance. Greatly appreciated |
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