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Contain Function?

Hadrien Dykiel
Hadrien Dykiel ✭
edited 12/09/19 inArchived 2015 Posts

I'd like to use an IF statement to accomplish the following:

If cell contains the character "?", then print "&" in the cell next to it.

I can't find any function that accomplishes what CONTAINS does in Excel, does anyone know a way to to do this?

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  • John Sauber
    John Sauber ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    Assuming the column name you're testing is called "Column 1", then the formula in "the column next to it" as you put it, is:

    =IF(FIND("?", [Column 1]1) > 0, "&", "")

    You have to decide what to put if there isn't a question mark. in this example, I'm making the cell blank.

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  • Tamara K
    Tamara K ✭

    Thanks John!

    I tried using your formula to search in a single cell and it works. However, if I search within a range of cells and it's bringing up an error. Is there a trick for this?

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  • Patty Rechberger
    Patty Rechberger ✭✭
    edited 01/25/19

    "I tried using your formula to search in a single cell and it works. However, if I search within a range of cells and it's bringing up an error. Is there a trick for this?"

    I have the same problem.

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  • Kirstine
    Kirstine ✭✭✭✭✭✭

    I found this really helpful, thanks! (Luckily I didn't need to search a range...!)

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Hi, <\/p>

Instead of applying the formula to \"Multiselect Text String\" row, did you tried with \"Multiselect Values\" row?<\/p>

=IF(HAS([Multiselect Values]@row, [Component ID]@row), \"MATCH\", \"NO MATCH\")<\/p>

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Try this:<\/p>

=COUNTIFS([Item Number]:[Item Number], OR(@cell = \"C001\", @cell = \"COO2\", @cell = \"COO3\", @cell = \"COO4\"), [Status]:[Status], OR(@cell = \"Green\", @cell = \"Yellow\", @cell = \"Red\"))<\/p>"}]}},"status":{"statusID":3,"name":"Accepted","state":"closed","recordType":"discussion","recordSubType":"question"},"bookmarked":false,"unread":false,"category":{"categoryID":322,"name":"Formulas and Functions","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/formulas-and-functions","allowedDiscussionTypes":[]},"reactions":[{"tagID":3,"urlcode":"Promote","name":"Promote","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":5,"count":0},{"tagID":5,"urlcode":"Insightful","name":"Insightful","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":11,"urlcode":"Up","name":"Vote Up","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0},{"tagID":13,"urlcode":"Awesome","name":"Awesome","class":"Positive","hasReacted":false,"reactionValue":1,"count":0}],"tags":[{"tagID":254,"urlcode":"formulas","name":"Formulas"}]},{"discussionID":109500,"type":"question","name":"Auto-populate emails on a \"contact list\" column","excerpt":"I have a Form created for internal employees where they can submit request tickets to my department. We all have an account with Smartsheet. One of our columns (\"Requestor Name\") is in the Form where they type in their names. The \"Requestor Name\" column is a Contac List column. My issue here is, how can I have Smartsheet…","snippet":"I have a Form created for internal employees where they can submit request tickets to my department. We all have an account with Smartsheet. One of our columns (\"Requestor Name\")…","categoryID":321,"dateInserted":"2023-08-25T21:43:36+00:00","dateUpdated":"2023-08-25T21:44:14+00:00","dateLastComment":"2023-08-25T22:14:15+00:00","insertUserID":164850,"insertUser":{"userID":164850,"name":"ocanel","title":"Analyst","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/ocanel","photoUrl":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/6031209\/uploads\/defaultavatar\/nWRMFRX6I99I6.jpg","dateLastActive":"2023-08-27T06:55:05+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭"},"updateUserID":164850,"lastUserID":165374,"lastUser":{"userID":165374,"name":"Shanky Paul","title":"Project Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Shanky%20Paul","photoUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtcAdE60g-MBEj1rR28GVz9zn6RmbZsmEQm5EiEV=s96-c","dateLastActive":"2023-08-27T08:29:18+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"},"pinned":false,"pinLocation":null,"closed":false,"sink":false,"countComments":1,"countViews":25,"score":null,"hot":3386002071,"url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/109500\/auto-populate-emails-on-a-contact-list-column","canonicalUrl":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/109500\/auto-populate-emails-on-a-contact-list-column","format":"Rich","tagIDs":[204,247,334,448,527],"lastPost":{"discussionID":109500,"commentID":392677,"name":"Re: Auto-populate emails on a \"contact list\" column","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/discussion\/comment\/392677#Comment_392677","dateInserted":"2023-08-25T22:14:15+00:00","insertUserID":165374,"insertUser":{"userID":165374,"name":"Shanky Paul","title":"Project Manager","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/profile\/Shanky%20Paul","photoUrl":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/AAcHTtcAdE60g-MBEj1rR28GVz9zn6RmbZsmEQm5EiEV=s96-c","dateLastActive":"2023-08-27T08:29:18+00:00","banned":0,"punished":0,"private":false,"label":"✭✭"}},"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/"},{"name":"Get Help","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/get-help"},{"name":"Smartsheet Basics","url":"https:\/\/community.smartsheet.com\/categories\/smartsheet-basics%2B"}],"groupID":null,"statusID":3,"attributes":{"question":{"status":"accepted","dateAccepted":"2023-08-27T06:55:03+00:00","dateAnswered":"2023-08-25T22:14:15+00:00","acceptedAnswers":[{"commentID":392677,"body":"

Hi, <\/p>

Add a \"Created By\" column in your sheet and turn on \"Required smartsheet login to access your form\" in your form setting. So that whoever fills out the form, their email id will be automatically captured in \"created by\" column. This will replace your \"Requestor Name\" column. <\/p>

Thank you!<\/p>


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