如果单元格包含文本通配符-Excel

Question

I'm trying to use an IF statement to find a string of text with a wildcard in a particular cell. Eg

=IF(OR(K3="Fixed Rate*", K3="Mobile Rate*"), "true", "false") 

I have also tried something like this:

=ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Fixed Rate*",K3))

But everything seems to end up in " false ". Ideally, I would like to find if a particular cell has either wildcard of Fixed Rate ... or wildcard of Mobile Rate ...

Does anyone know why and have a solution?

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You're nearly there. Try this:

=OR(NOT(ISERROR(SEARCH("fixed rate",K3))),NOT(ISERROR(SEARCH("mobile rate",K3))))

Answer 2

Combining your two ideas produces the right result.

=IF(OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Fixed Rate*",K3)),ISNUMBER(SEARCH("Mobile Rate*",K3))), "true", "false")

You need to use the SEARCH function to allow wildcards, then the OR function to check for the presence of either string.

Answer 3

Credits to @Olly. You could also do it like:

=OR(NOT(ISERROR(MATCH("*Fixed Rate*",K3,0))),NOT(ISERROR(MATCH("*Mobile Rate*",K3,0))))