.... or just =LEFT(A1), as it defaults to one character.
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David Biddulph

"Gary''s Student" wrote in message
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=LEFT(A1,1)
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Gary''s Student - gsnu200737

"Secret Squirrel" wrote:

If I have a cell that contains numeric & alpha data how do I extract just
the
alpha part? All my data begins with the letter "F". How can I pull just
the
"F" out of the cell?

Example:

F00143

Not all the cells have the same number of characters in it. They might
have
5 numbers after it, or 4, or 3. I just want to extract the beginning
character since it's the alpha portion.