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REGEXTEST

Determines whether any part of text matches the pattern.

TextModern Excel FunctionsText Processing

What it does

Returns TRUE if pattern is found in text.

Syntax

REGEXTEST(text, pattern, [case_sensitivity])

Arguments

  • text(text) β€” Source text.
  • pattern(text) β€” Regex pattern.

Examples

Check Digits

Does it contain numbers?

FORMULA
=REGEXTEST("abc", "\d")
RESULT
false
SAMPLE DATA
A
1Text
2abc