<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title>FIND/FINDB Function</title> <meta charset="utf-8" /> <meta name="description" content="" /> <link type="text/css" rel="stylesheet" href="../editor.css" /> <script type="text/javascript" src="../callback.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../search/js/page-search.js"></script> </head> <body> <div class="mainpart"> <div class="search-field"> <input id="search" class="searchBar" placeholder="Search" type="text" onkeypress="doSearch(event)"> </div> <h1>FIND/FINDB Function</h1> <p>The <b>FIND</b>/<b>FINDB</b> function is one of the text and data functions. Is used to find the specified substring (string-1) within a string (string-2). The <b>FIND</b> function is intended for languages that use the single-byte character set (SBCS), while <b>FINDB</b> - for languages that use the double-byte character set (DBCS) like Japanese, Chinese, Korean etc.</p> <p>The <b>FIND/FINDB</b> function syntax is:</p> <p style="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>FIND(string-1, string-2 [,start-pos])</em></b></p> <p style="text-indent: 150px;"><b><em>FINDB(string-1, string-2 [,start-pos])</em></b></p> <p><em>where</em></p> <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>string-1</em></b> is a string you are looking for,</p> <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>string-2</em></b> is a string you are searching within,</p> <p style="text-indent: 50px;"><b><em>start-pos</em></b> is a position in a string where the search will start. It is an optional argument. If it is omitted, the funcion will start search from the beginning of the string.</p> <p>The values can be entered manually or included into the cell you make reference to.</p> <p class="note"><b>Note</b>: if there are no matches, the function will return the <b>#VALUE!</b> error.</p> <p>To apply the <b>FIND/FINDB</b> function,</p> <ol> <li>select the cell where you wish to display the result,</li> <li>click the <b>Insert function</b> <img alt="Insert function icon" src="../images/insertfunction.png" /> icon situated at the top toolbar, <br />or right-click within a selected cell and select the <b>Insert Function</b> option from the menu, <br />or click the <img alt="Function icon" src="../images/function.png" /> icon situated at the formula bar, </li> <li>select the <b>Text and data</b> function group from the list,</li> <li>click the <b>FIND/FINDB</b> function,</li> <li>enter the required arguments separating them by comma, <p class="note"><b>Note</b>: the FIND/FINDB function is <b>case-sensitive</b>.</p> </li> <li>press the <b>Enter</b> button.</li> </ol> <p>The result will be displayed in the selected cell.</p> <p style="text-indent: 150px;"><img alt="FIND/FINDB Function" src="../images/find.png" /></p> </div> </body> </html>