Excel FIND Function

Text Function ยท Intermediate Level

What is FIND?

Returns the starting position of one text string within another. Case-sensitive search essential for text parsing and extraction.

Syntax

=FIND(find_text, within_text, [start_num])

Example

Formula: =FIND(\

Result: 6

How It Works

Returns the position of '@' in the email address. If A1 is 'test@email.com', the @ is at position 5. Returns #VALUE! if not found.

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