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Atif  
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 More options Nov 4, 5:06 am
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From: Atif <A...@discussions.microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:06:10 -0800
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Subject: Find and IF statement
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Hi:

I am using following formula to search a string and display in target cell,
if first IF condition returns TRUE it displays BCOT, if not #value! error.
any help.

=IF(SEARCH("BCOT",A2)>0,"BCOT",IF(SEARCH("BCPN",A2)>0,"BCPN",""))


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Joe User  
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From: "Joe User" <joeu2004>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:27:15 -0800
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Subject: Re: Find and IF statement
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"Atif" <A...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> =IF(SEARCH("BCOT",A2)>0,"BCOT",IF(SEARCH("BCPN",A2)>0,"BCPN",""))

Try:

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("BCOT",A2)),"BCOT",IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("BCPN",A2)),"BCPN ",""))

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cm  
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 More options Nov 4, 5:41 am
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From: cm <c...@discussions.microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:41:02 -0800
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Subject: RE: Find and IF statement
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replace your formula with this one:

=IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("BCOT",A2))=TRUE,IF(ISERROR(SEARCH("BCPN",A2))=TRUE,""," BCPN"),"BCOT")
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hope to help,
cm


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Atif  
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 More options Nov 4, 6:04 am
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Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:04:01 -0800
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Subject: RE: Find and IF statement
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Can we add more conditions?


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cm  
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 More options Nov 4, 6:26 am
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From: cm <c...@discussions.microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:26:01 -0800
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Subject: RE: Find and IF statement
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you can nest up to 7 if statements; if you need more conditions, there will
need to be a different solution.
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hope to help,
cm


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Atif  
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 More options Nov 4, 6:29 am
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From: Atif <A...@discussions.microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 14:29:01 -0800
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Yes, I need more conditions.


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 More options Nov 5, 12:40 am
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From: Atif <A...@discussions.microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 2009 08:40:01 -0800
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Subject: RE: Find and IF statement
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Thank you!

following statement worked for me:
=IF(ISERROR(FIND("YSC",AO2)),IF(ISERROR(FIND("MHO",AO2)),IF(ISERROR(FIND("W CC",AO2)),IF(ISERROR(FIND("BCOT",AO2)),IF(ISERROR(FIND("SCC",AO2)),IF(ISERR OR(FIND("BMTT",AO2)),"","BMTT"),"SCC"),"BCOT"),"WCC"),"MHO"),"YSC")


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