# SEARCH

## Content

This function finds one text string in another text string and returns the index of the starting position of the found text.

## Syntax

`SEARCH(findtext, intext, [start])`

## Arguments

This function has the following arguments:

| Argument | Description |
| -------- | ----------- |
| *findtext* | [Required] Refers to the text you are trying to find; if empty (" "), the function matches the first character in the search string (that is, the character numbered start or 1); cannot contain wildcard characters. |
| *intext* | [Required] Refers to the text through which you are searching. |
| *start* | [Optional] Refers to the number representing character at which to start the search. The first character of*intext*argument is 1. If this value is omitted, the calculation starts at 1. If this value is not an integer, the number is truncated. |

## Examples

`SEARCH("e",A2,6)`