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Lesson 6/6

Wildcards: * and ?

Exercise 1 of 4

In D2, count the codes that start with TX.

About this lesson

In conditions, * stands for any text and ? for any one character. Use them to count codes that start or end a certain way.

In this lesson

  1. In D2, count the codes that start with TX.
  2. In D2, count the codes that end with -BK.
  3. In D2, count the codes whose number starts with 1 (the 4th character is 1).
  4. In B2, check whether the code contains BL anywhere.

Use the arrow keys to move between cells; each cell is read out as you go. Type a formula and press Enter. The sheet is also available as a table below.

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Type in D2 and press Enter to check.