If/Then with search within string

[VermontFarm]

I want to embed an ‘isnumber’ within if/then statement to place the dollar value of a column into another column. Even though I can see the two characters I am looking for (VT), the formula continues to come up as “FALSE”, and I suspect it is because of the format of the cell that contains the text. Has anyone out there had the same trouble?

VERMONT DMV SERVIC 802-229-4171 VT 05602 US <colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><tbody> </tbody>

70.00

<tbody>
</tbody>

I’m trying to pull all charges done within a specific state into another column so I can total those sales and verify sales tax charges.

 

[RCBricker]

try this

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("VT",B13)),C13,0)

adjust ranges and cell references to suit

 

[jorismoerings]

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[VermontFarm]

try this

=IF(ISNUMBER(SEARCH("VT",B13)),C13,0)

adjust ranges and cell references to suit

This isn’t working; the result for “False” is showing up as a zero, but when the result is “True”, the result also shows up as a zero.​

 

[RCBricker]

This isn’t working; the result for “False” is showing up as a zero, but when the result is “True”, the result also shows up as a zero.​

hmm it works for me. I entered your text into cell B13 and the value to C13

I entered the formula into e13

with the same text dragged and dropped to b17 and the values incremented by 10 from c14 - c17 (except c17 was change to -50)
cell b16 text change to VERMONT DMV SERVIC 802-229-4171 DT 05602 US to create a false return.

that is what I did and the formula works.

can you provide more info on your text string?

did you change the formula so that ranges or cell references are point to the correct cells in your data?

 

[Fishboy]

This isn’t working; the result for “False” is showing up as a zero, but when the result is “True”, the result also shows up as a zero.​

I can confirm that RCBricker's formula works so you must either be doing something wrong or the way the value of the cell containing VT is obtained is causing the issue. Have you made sure to adjust the cell references if needed?