# FINDB

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finds text within text by bytes, case-sensitive

## signature

```
FINDB(find_text, within_text, [start_num])
```

returns: `number`

## arguments

- find_text: text — required
- within_text: text — required
- start_num: number — optional, defaults to 1

## examples

formula and result, asserted in the engine test suite.

| formula | result | with |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `=FINDB("M", "Miriam McGovern")` | `1` | — |

## related

- [ASC](https://deepcalc.com/functions/asc.md) — converts full-width characters to half-width
- [BAHTTEXT](https://deepcalc.com/functions/bahttext.md) — spells a number as thai baht and satang
- [CHAR](https://deepcalc.com/functions/char.md) — returns the character for a character-set code
- [CLEAN](https://deepcalc.com/functions/clean.md) — removes non-printable characters
- [CODE](https://deepcalc.com/functions/code.md) — numeric code of the first character
- [CONCAT](https://deepcalc.com/functions/concat.md) — joins multiple text strings into one
- [CONCATENATE](https://deepcalc.com/functions/concatenate.md) — joins several text strings into one
- [CONTAINS](https://deepcalc.com/functions/contains.md) — checks if text contains substring

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