Learn How to Use Microsoft Excel FIND Function

Microsoft Excel FIND Function

The main purpose of the Microsoft Excel FIND function to get the location of a text in a string. That means with the help of the FIND function, you can able to return the position as a number of one text string within another as a return value. In case the text is not found, the FIND function will return a #VALUE error.

FIND Function Return Value

The return value will be a number representing the location of the find-text.

FIND Function Syntax

= FIND(find-text, within-text, [start-num])

Where the arguments:

• find-text: It is the text to find out.
• within-text: It is text in which we want to search.
• start-num: (Optional) It is the starting position in the text to search, Optional defaults to 1.

How to Use Microsoft Excel FIND Function?

As we know, the FIND function returns the position (as a number) of one text string inside another. In case there is more than one occurrence of the text string, the position (as a number) of one text string inside another function the position of the first occurrence.

The FIND function does not support the wildcards, and it is always case-sensitive. You can use the SEARCH function to find the position of the text without being case-sensitive and have wildcard support. In case the text is not found, the FIND function will return the #VALUE error. Besides that, if find-text is empty, the return value will be 1.

Let us go through some of the examples of the FIND function as given below:

Example 1: = FIND("A", "BANANA") - This will return the value 1.

Example 2: = FIND("The", "The cat in the hat") - This will return value 12.   

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