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How To Use FIND() Function in Google Sheets

Description

Returns the position at which a string is first found within text.

How To Actually Use FIND() in Sheets

FIND(search_for, text_to_search, [starting_at])

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In the range A1:A10, find the position of the text 'apple' within each cell. Your formula should return the position number where 'apple' first appears.

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