Find cell that contains a specific character

xljunkie

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Cells A1:A5 all have a vlookup formula that will pull one of the following into it:
1. The word "NONE"
2. #N/A error since it doesn't exist in the table
3. A text value that has the format 13.55.46.91

I want a formula that will look at these 5 cells and give me #3. That #3 value can only appear once in the 5 cells in any of those 5. The other 4 cells will contain either 1 or 2.

3 always has length equal to 11. It always has periods in those places. The digits do change.

I've tried a bunch of different methods but I can't seem to figure out something that works.
 

Excel Facts

Test for Multiple Conditions in IF?
Use AND(test, test, test, test) or OR(test, test, test, ...) as the logical_test argument of IF.
For example;

=INDEX(A1:A5,MATCH("*.*",A1:A5,0))
 
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Or if you prefer the good old VLOOKUP:

=VLOOKUP("*.*",A1:A5,1,0)
 
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