Which retrieves data where the street column contains “rd”. In brief, the SEARCH function is set up to look for the text “rd” inside the street data in B5:B14. Because this range includes 10 cells, 10 results are returned. Each result is either a number (text found) or a #VALUE error (text not found): And the resulting array returned to the FILTER function as the include argument: This array is used by the FILTER function to retrieve matching data. Only rows where the result is TRUE make it into the final output. Finally, the if_empty argument is set to “No results” in case no matching data is found.
Wildcards
The SEARCH function supports wildcards, so the filter logic can include these characters.
Case-sensitive
For a partial match, case-sensitive filter, you can adjust the formula to use the FIND function instead of SEARCH like this: Note: FIND is case-sensitive, but does not support wildcards.
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