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Re: Search string in cell string?
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Olaf Till |
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Re: Search string in cell string? |
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Tue, 6 Dec 2011 18:55:28 +0100 |
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On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 11:54:03AM -0500, Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso wrote:
> How can you get the index of where in a cell string a specified search
> term occurs, if it does at all?
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> Assuming the cell string were ordered, you could binary search. But
> how can you compare strings ASCIIbetically? The strcmp function only
> gives you equality or not, not order.
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> So what can be done?
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> - Jordi G. H.
Have you looked at the 'lookup' function?
Olaf