{"id":184,"date":"2025-07-15T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/2021\/02\/12\/find-findbs\/"},"modified":"2021-02-13T11:34:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T11:34:03","slug":"find-findbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/find-findbs\/","title":{"rendered":"FIND, FINDBs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we&#8217;re going to delve into the essential Excel and Google Sheets functions: FIND and FINDB. These functions are invaluable for identifying the location of a specific substring within a larger text string. We will cover their syntax, practical applications, and provide sample implementations.<\/p>\n<h2>The Syntax<\/h2>\n<p>Grasping the syntax of FIND and FINDB is crucial for their effective application in your spreadsheets.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>FIND:<\/strong> =FIND(find_text, within_text, [start_num])<\/li>\n<li><strong>FINDB:<\/strong> =FINDB(find_text, within_text, [start_num])<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>find_text:<\/strong> The substring that you are looking to find.<\/p>\n<p><strong>within_text:<\/strong> The text string within which the search for &#8216;find_text&#8217; will occur.<\/p>\n<p><strong>start_num (optional):<\/strong> Specifies the character position from which the search begins. If this parameter is omitted, the search starts at the first character.<\/p>\n<h2>Use Cases<\/h2>\n<p>FIND and FINDB are typically used in scenarios where pinpointing specific information within a text cell is necessary. Below are some common applications for these functions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Identifying the position of a character in a text string.<\/li>\n<li>Extracting the domain from a URL.<\/li>\n<li>Locating a specific word within a text string.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Examples<\/h2>\n<p>We will now look at a few examples to demonstrate how the FIND and FINDB functions operate in Excel and Google Sheets.<\/p>\n<h3>Example 1: Finding the Position of a Character<\/h3>\n<p>For instance, imagine the text &#8220;Hello, World!&#8221; is in cell A1, and you need to determine where the comma &#8216;,&#8217; is located.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>A<\/th>\n<th>B<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hello, World!<\/td>\n<td>=FIND(&#8220;,&#8221;, A1)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>In this instance, the FIND function will return 6, as the comma is positioned at the 6th character of the string.<\/p>\n<h3>Example 2: Extracting the Domain from a URL<\/h3>\n<p>If you possess a list of URLs in column A and aim to extract the domain name from each, employing the FIND function with others like MID or LEFT can be particularly effective.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>A<\/th>\n<th>B<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>https:\/\/www.example.com<\/td>\n<td>=MID(A1, FIND(&#8220;:\/\/&#8221;, A1) + 3, FIND(&#8220;\/&#8221;, A1, FIND(&#8220;:\/\/&#8221;, A1) + 3) &#8211; FIND(&#8220;:\/\/&#8221;, A1) &#8211; 3)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>This formula isolates &#8220;www.example.com&#8221; from the URL &#8220;https:\/\/www.example.com&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>By mastering FIND and FINDB functions, you can significantly advance your data manipulation and extraction skills in both Excel and Google Sheets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds one text value within another (case-sensitive)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-text"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Excel FIND, FINDBs Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn what the Excel FIND, FINDBs function does. 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