Thanks All! I got it too work. I'm starting to like Excel!

On Jan 30, 12:41 pm, Elkar wrote:
This is a bit more involved, but this will also tell you if the first
character is something other than a letter or number.

=IF(A1="","",IF(AND(CODE(LEFT(A1,1))=48,CODE(LEFT (A1,1))<=57),"Number",IF(*OR(AND(CODE(LEFT(A1,1)) =65,CODE(LEFT(A1,1))<=90),AND(CODE(LEFT(A1,1))=97 ,*CODE(LEFT(A1,1))<=122)),"Letter","Other")))

HTH,
Elkar



"bactfarmer" wrote:
I need a formula that tells you if the first character in a string is
a number or a letter.

Thanks
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