Search for a number within cell range

Question

I'm trying to figure out if there's a way I can search for a certain number in a range of cells? For example =SEARCH(M5,A:A) . That returns #VALUE! error. Anyone has experience on this?

Answer 1

You can use the COUNTIF function which will count a range for a specified value. You can then wrap the COUNTIF function in an IF statement to display a nicer message

=IF(COUNTIF(YOUR_RANGE, YOUR_CRITERIA) = 1, "Found", "Not Found")