I hope after John's response with the url that you were looking
for, that you are asking yourself
"how can I find something previously posted in the newsgroup archives".
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/xlnews.htm

Goggle searches webpages, but you want Google Groups search which
is for newsgroups.
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
My Excel Pages: http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/excel.htm
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"John Wilson" wrote in message ...
pk,

Everything ever writen in these newsgroups is archived in Google.
A quick check for "keepitcool check digit" turned up this web site:

http://home.hkstar.com/~maukwan/fun/digit.htm

John

"pk" wrote in message
...
KeepItCool,

You responded to someone else a couple months back
regarding the solution to an algorithm to supply a check
digit in a Chinese or Japanese ID number.

You supplied the correct answer and referenced a web-
site. Can you please repost your response as well as the
web site? My hard-drive died and I lost everything.

As always, thanks much for your assistance.