title: Find formula produces negative number
body: <p>Background:</p>
  
  <p>I am using census data from 1999 that is in a text file format. There is not a distinct delimiter being used in the file and excel does not import the data correctly. Excel does separate the rows correctly, however, all of the column data is in a single cell.</p>
  
  <p>A sample cell of data is:</p>
  
  <pre><code>01 07000 Birmingham city, AL                249,459    265,940     -16,481        -6.2      1        51    67
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I attempted to use the FIND formula to find the word "city", to test the formula, and the result is a negative number. Specifically, the number is "-21".</p>
  
  <p>I have looked in a few excel references and I have found nothing to explain this.  Any insight is greatly appreciated.</p>