Find Position of a Character in a Text in Excel | Excel find position
RationalFindtheletter’spositioninatext.DescriptionTheExcelFINDfunctiondisplaysthenumericallocationofthecharacterinagiventext.ThestartingpositionofaStringcanchangebasedonthethirdargument[Start_num].CheckthevideotutorialontheExcelFindfunction[1].Forexample,tofindthe2ndoccurrenceof8,=FIND(8,128128,4)returns6,startfinding8from4thdigitthatreturns6,i.e.,6thpositioninthefigure.Syntax=FIND(find_text,within_text,[start_num])Parametersfind_text–Thecharactertofindwithin_text–Thestringcontainingthechara...
RationalFind the letter’s position in a text.
DescriptionThe Excel FIND function displays the numerical location of the character in a given text. The starting position of a String can change based on the third argument [Start_num]. Check the video tutorial on the Excel Find function[1].
For example, to find the 2nd occurrence of 8, =FIND(8,128128,4) returns 6, start finding 8 from 4th digit that returns 6, i.e., 6th position in the figure.
Syntax= FIND(find_text, within_text, [start_num])
Parametersfind_text – The character to findwithin_text – The string containing the characterstart_num [Optional] – Specifies the character to start the search.
Return ValueThe boolean result (True or False)
Key NotesIn the FIND function, the first character in the within_text argument is character number 1 (default position).The FIND function is case-sensitive but allow wildcard characters[2].Use the SEARCH[3] excel function if a user wants to perform a non-cas...