Works in all versions, I suspect the OP has some hidden space(s) in A1

=IF(TRIM(A1)="<","Curly","Larry")

would fend off spaces

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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

Excel 95 - Excel 2007
Northwest Excel Solutions
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"It is a good thing to follow the first law of holes;
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"Ardus Petus" wrote in message
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Works by me (Excel 2000 - Win XP Pro)

HTH
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"Gary" a écrit dans le message de news:
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Say you have a "<" sign in cell A1

And cell B1 contains "=A1".

Now, if I use an IF function that says =IF(A1="<","Curly","Larry") I
get Curly.

But if the IF function references B1, I get Larry.

So it seems that EXCEL 2003 is not smart enough to know that the value
of B1 is actually "<".

How can I fix this so that when I reference Cell B1 I get Curly.

Thanks,

Gary