What is the "IF" formula for searching for a certain letter or symbol in a cell?

Jes.persona

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(MS Excel)? I've got a list of several thousand names. Names of people and names of companies. Each time a company is used, a specific symbol is added to show that it's a company. This symbol is sometimes before, and sometimes after the company name. I.e. the cell may or may not begin with this specific symbol.

Had it begun with this specific symbol, I know I could've used something like
=IF(LEFT(A1,1)="SYMBOL","1","0")
But since the symbol may be at any location in the cell I need it to search through the entire cell to find it. If there is such a symbol in the cell, return 1. If not, return 0.

I would rather not use any macros, but if you can't think of any formula I suppose that would work out as well.

I will make sure to select a best answer if a satisfying answer is given.
 
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