IF Statement Text Check

rhmkrmi

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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
Hello:

I need to check if the value in cell A1 contains a cetarin text, I am using IF(A1="*test*","Y","N") but it does not seem to do the job.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks
 

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Excel 2012
ABCD
1abctestdefY
Sheet1
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
D1=IF(FIND("test",A1)>0,"Y","N")
 
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Code:
Try [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]  [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][FONT="Times New Roman"][FONT=Times New Roman][COLOR=#000000]=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Test",A1)),"Y", "N")[/COLOR][/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000]  [/CO[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]DE]
 
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