SEARCH Function

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\<bookmark_value\>SEARCH function\</bookmark_value\>

# SEARCH

Returns the position of a text segment within a character string. You can set the start of the search as an option. The search text can be a number or any sequence of characters. The search is not case-sensitive. If the text is not found, returns error 519 (#VALUE).

The search supports wildcards or regular expressions. With regular expressions enabled, you can enter "all.*", for example to find the first location of "all" followed by any characters. If you want to search for a text that is also a regular expression, you must either precede every regular expression metacharacter or operator with a "\" character, or enclose the text into \Q...\E. You can switch the automatic evaluation of wildcards or regular expression on and off in LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - LibreOffice Calc - Calculate.

When using functions where one or more arguments are search criteria strings that represents a regular expression, the first attempt is to convert the string criteria to numbers. For example, ".0" will convert to 0.0 and so on. If successful, the match will not be a regular expression match but a numeric match. However, when switching to a locale where the decimal separator is not the dot makes the regular expression conversion work. To force the evaluation of the regular expression instead of a numeric expression, use some expression that can not be misread as numeric, such as ".[0]" or ".\0" or "(?i).0".

#### Syntax

SEARCH("FindText"; "Text" [; Position])

\<emph\>find_text\</emph\> is the text to be searched for.

\<emph\>text\</emph\> is the text where the search will take place.

\<emph\>position\</emph\> (optional) is the position in the text where the search is to start.

#### דוגמה

SEARCH(54;998877665544) returns 10.

נושאים קשורים

SEARCH wiki page.

Text Functions