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Based on the result provided by the ISNUMERIC function, the IF condition will return the result accordingly. If the FIND function returns the number, it will supply TRUE to the IF condition or else FALSE condition. The ISNUMERIC function evaluates whether the FIND function returns the number or not. Therefore, we must enclose the formula with the ISNUMERIC function to overcome this error value. So, nobody wants to have an error value in their Excel sheet. Otherwise, we have provided the result as “Not Found.”īut, here we have a problem, even though we have supplied the result as “Not Found,” if the text is still not found, we are getting the error value as #VALUE!. So, in the IF condition, we have supplied the result as “Text Found” if the value “best” is found. For this, we need to use the IF condition.

Instead of numbers, we can also enter the result in our own words.

So, in two sentences, we have the word “best.” We can see the error value of #VALUE! in cell B2, which shows that cell A2 does not have the text value “best.”

The last parameter is not required to close the bracket and press the “Enter” key.

For the “within_text,” select the full sentence, i.e., cell reference.

The “find_text” argument mentions the text we need to find.Now in each cell, we need to search for the text “Best.” So, apply the FIND function. In the above data, we have three sentences in three different rows.