# 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(string1, string2)`

## Arguments

The first argument is a string or cell reference of the text you are searching for and the second argument is a string, cell reference, or cell range of what you want to search.

## Data Types

Accepts cell reference or string. Returns numeric data.

## Examples

`SEARCH(A2, A4:A9)`