{"id":9935,"date":"2019-10-09T12:42:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T10:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/?p=9935"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:05:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:05:20","slug":"find-formula-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/find-formula-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"FIND Formula in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Gets the position of a specific text within another text<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=FIND(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">find_text<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">within_text<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #339966;\">[start_num]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=FIND(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">text to be searched<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">the source text<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #339966;\">[starting position of the source text]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you want to check where a specific text is located in the source text, it is very easy to search for the position using the <strong>FIND Formula<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>You need to take note that the\u00a0<strong>FIND Formula<\/strong> is <strong>case-sensitive<\/strong> when searching for your text! And it always matches the <strong>first occurrence<\/strong>. We will see in our examples below!<\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uMl22TpXOOA?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">FIND-FORMULA.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> We need to <strong>enter the <i>FIND\u00a0<\/i>function in a blank cell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=FIND(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"FIND Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-01.jpg\" alt=\"FIND Formula in Excel\" width=\"660\" height=\"159\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-01.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-01-300x72.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The <b>FIND\u00a0<\/b>arguments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/find-formula-in-excel\/#find_text\" title=\"find_text\">find_text<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/find-formula-in-excel\/#within_text\" title=\"within_text\">within_text<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/find-formula-in-excel\/#start_num\" title=\"start_num\">start_num<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"find_text\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>find_text<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the text to be searched for?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cell containing the text to be searched for. In our first example, we want to search for &#8216;x&#8217; in the word &#8216;Excel&#8217;:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=FIND(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D9,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"FIND Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-02.jpg\" alt=\"FIND Formula in Excel\" width=\"663\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-02.jpg 663w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-02-300x71.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"within_text\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>within_text<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is your source text?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cell source text. So let&#8217;s select &#8216;Excel&#8217; as our source text:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=FIND(D9,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C9,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"FIND Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-03.jpg\" alt=\"FIND Formula in Excel\" width=\"660\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-03.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-03-300x70.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"start_num\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>start_num<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Where do you want to start searching in your source text?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>You can leave this blank, it will default to 1 which means it will start looking from the first character of your source text. In our case, let us put in 1 to start searching from there:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=FIND(D9, C9,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">1)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"FIND Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-04.jpg\" alt=\"FIND Formula in Excel\" width=\"573\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-04.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-04-300x81.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Apply the same formula to the rest of the cells by dragging the lower right corner downwards.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"FIND Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10057\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-05.jpg\" alt=\"FIND Formula in Excel\" width=\"572\" height=\"167\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-05.jpg 572w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-05-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can see that the matching is<strong> case sensitive<\/strong>! And if it&#8217;s unable to find your text, it will return\u00a0<strong>#VALUE.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"FIND Formula in Excel\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10058\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-06.jpg\" alt=\"FIND Formula in Excel\" width=\"581\" height=\"181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-06.jpg 581w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/FIND-FORMULA-06-300x93.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 581px) 100vw, 581px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the FIND Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ebooks.myexcelonline.com\/products\/101-most-popular-excel-formulas-e-book\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"SORT Formula in Excel\"  class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-10741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book.png\" alt=\"SORT Formula in Excel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book-1024x536.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/MyExcelOnline.com-Formulas-E-Book-768x402.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; What does it do? Gets the position of a specific text within another text Formula breakdown: =FIND(find_text, within_text, [start_num]) What it means: =FIND(text to be searched, the source text, [starting position of the source text]) If you want to check where a specific text is located in the source text, it is very easy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[483,3,14],"tags":[239,142],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9935"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9935\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}