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Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Tutorial » Text functions » SEARCH   22.20.5.=SEARCH ("b*d",A1): the search pattern is the letter b, followed by any number of characters, followed by the letter d Input the formula: =SEARCH ("b*d",A1) 22.20.SEARCH 22.20.1. SEARCH(find_text,within_text,start_num), SEARCHB(find_text,within_text,start_num) finds one text value within another (not case-sensitive) 22.20.2. =SEARCH ("Birthday", A1) 22.20.3. =SEARCH ("y??",A1) returns the first place where a y is followed by any two characters 22.20.4. =SEARCH ("yo?",A1) returns the first place where yo is followed by any single character 22.20.5. =SEARCH ("b*d",A1): the search pattern is the letter b, followed by any number of characters, followed by the letter d 22.20.6. Search for the word Report and replaces those six characters it with the word Summary: