The reason the formula failed is because the op id not complete the question
IF IsNumber = Something then do this do that. The construction of Mid works
just as well as Left as written.

Geoff K

"Joel" wrote:

Mid returns a character which is not a number. try this. I used Left
instead orf mid but they are equivalent

=IF(AND(LEFT(A1,1)="0",LEFT(A1,1)<="9"),TRUE,FALS E)

"johnrb7865" wrote:

Hi, does anyone know the best way to test if the 1st character in a cell in a
number or a letter in an IF statement? I tried =IF(ISNUMBER(MID(A1,1,1)),do
this if true, do this if false where A1 could be a202 or 202 and it didn't
work. I clearly don't understand the ISNUMBER command. I even tried it alone
=ISNUMBER(MID(A1,1,1) where A1 was a202 and 202 and they both came back
FALSE. Any ideas?

Thanks,
John