FIND (Primitive Spread Function) finds one text value within another. Returns the text value's position in the text you searched..
SYNTAX:
FIND(Find_text, Within_text, Start_num)
REMARKS:
Arguments are as follows:
Argument Description
Find_text Text you are trying to find.If Find_text is "" (empty text), the FIND function matches the first character in the search string (that is, the character numbered Start_num or 1). Find_text cannot contain wildcard characters.
Within_text Text through which you are searching.
Start_num (Optional) The character at which to start the search.
The first character in Within_text is character number 1. If you omit Start_num, it is assumed to be 1.
The FIND function performs a case-specific search (for example, to specify a capital letter and not lower case letters).
EXAMPLES:
FIND("P","FarPoint Technologies") equals 4
FIND("n","FarPoint Technologies",8) equals 14
FIND("G",A2,1)