wildacrds

[Dave]

Hi,
XL2003.
Is it possible to use wildcards in simple logic statements?
If A1 contains "qwerty" and B1 contains "qw"
In C1 I've tried:
=A1=B1* - xl complained
=A1=B1&* -xl complained
=A1=B1&"*" - returned FALSE
Regards - Dave.

 

[Fred Smith]

No. You need to use functions like Find or Search, as in:
=isnumber(search(b1,a1))

Regards,
Fred

 

[Gary''s Student]

=LEFT(A1,2)=B1

 

[Dave]

"No" is so final!

No. You need to use functions like Find or Search, as in:
=isnumber(search(b1,a1))

Regards,
Fred



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[G Ray]

What are you trying to do? Are you trying to determine if a1 and b1
are equal? Is this user input?

Glen