How can I create an IF statement in Excel that uses the word "con.

B

BobbiCisse

I would like to create something that uses the following statement. If cell
A4 "contains" the value of johnson then true else false. I want Excel to
perform a statement of things that are LIKE but may contain some or all
characters/values.
 
F

Fredrik Wahlgren

BobbiCisse said:
I would like to create something that uses the following statement. If cell
A4 "contains" the value of johnson then true else false. I want Excel to
perform a statement of things that are LIKE but may contain some or all
characters/values.
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Someting like this? Unfortuntely, I had to translate from Swedish. You may
also want to use LOWER(A1) To make sure you get a match for JOHNSON

=IF(ISERR(FIND("johnson",A4,1)), False,True)

/Fredrik
 
C

cisse_5

Thank you I will give it a try.

Fredrik Wahlgren said:
Someting like this? Unfortuntely, I had to translate from Swedish. You may
also want to use LOWER(A1) To make sure you get a match for JOHNSON

=IF(ISERR(FIND("johnson",A4,1)), False,True)

/Fredrik
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