REGEX is a smarter version of Excel's FIND function, which works well for basic lookups. However, REGEX handles more complex ...

The FIND function allows you to find a text string within another. It returns the position at which a character or string begins within another text string. The output of the above function will be 5, ...

VLOOKUP and Search are two functions that Excel uses to search for text. VLOOKUP finds data in a column and returns the contents of an adjacent cell. Search finds data in a cell and returns the string ...

Manually finding and replacing parts of text can be exceedingly tedious for lengthy Excel spreadsheets. Luckily, Microsoft included a couple of useful tools for locating text parts and replacing them ...

How to use the new TEXTAFTER() and TEXTBEFORE() functions in Microsoft Excel Your email has been sent A common task is to parse or find characters within a delimited string in Microsoft Excel.

In this tutorial, we want to find the character of ‘Pig.’ We are going to click the cell where we want to find the character. Then type =Find; bracket. Inside the bracket, we will type “Pig,” which is ...

When creating formulas and equations on Microsoft Excel, users have the option of inserting multiple functions and conditions into a formula to attain a desired result. This action is often referred ...

Simplify your data transformation by skipping complex parsing expressions and instead using Flash Fill and Power Query in Microsoft Excel. Image: IB Photography/Adobe Stock If you work with imported ...