Try something like this:

=--ISNUMBER(--LEFT(A1,1))

Does that help?
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Regards,
Ron

XL2002, WinXP


"Igneshwara reddy" wrote:

hi,

I have the data in Cell A1 as bird456, my results should show as if there
is any alphabets starting in the cell it should return as blank, if not it
should indicate as 1.

bird456 - 0
2566asd - 1

Do the needful.