TEXT SEARCH & EXTRACTION · ORIGINAL EXERCISE
Locate the northern name
Return the starting position of "north" in the contact in A2, ignoring letter case.
This quest practices SEARCH using a fictional business dataset. Read the sheet below, then enter the interactive quest to write and check your formula.
| Contact | Ticket | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Harbor | ORD-NY-204 | ari@north.example | Paid INV-204 receipt |
| South Market | ORD-LA-105 | bea@south.example | Review INV-105 today |
| West Workshop | ORD-AT-306 | cam@west.example | Send INV-306 copy |
| North Studio | ORD-NY-107 | dev@north.example | Pending INV-107 approval |
Hints to get you started
- The contact begins with uppercase N.
- SEARCH ignores letter case.
- Use "north" as the search text and A2 as the source.
Show the worked solution
=SEARCH("north",A2)SEARCH performs a case-insensitive search, so a mixed-case imported label still matches.
Make the skill stick
After solving the task, explain what each reference does and why the formula answers the business question. Try the workbook download inside the quest to practice in your own spreadsheet app.
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