Hi Dino

What separates Number from the rest of the address?
If it is a Space, then
=IF(A1="","",IF(MOD(--(LEFT(A1,FIND(" ",A1)-1)),2)=1,"O","E"))

If it is a comma, then
=IF(A1="","",IF(MOD(--(LEFT(A1,FIND(",",A1)-1)),2)=1,"O","E"))
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Regards
Roger Govier

"Dino" wrote in message
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I saw a previous post about sorting odd and even numbers, and the formula
generates an "E" or an "O". I need to sort odd and even street addresses.
I
could extract the number out of the address and do it that way, but if I
just
want the formula to examine the first 1 thru 5 characters in the street
address string and generate the E or O, how would I do that? Is there a
way
to examine just numbers and not other text, since I may have house numbers
from 1 to 5 digits?