ASCII <91 (formula is correct)

"Joerg Mochikun" wrote in message
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And here is the formula for column 2:
=AND(LEN(B1)=6,ISNUMBER(RIGHT(B1,5)*1),ISTEXT(LEFT (B1,1)),CODE(B1)<91)

Four statements in the AND function, separated by commas check if
1) Entry is 6 characters long
2) Last 5 characters evaluate as number (has to be multiplied by 1,
otherwise Excel regards it as text)
3) Left character is text
4) Left character is uppercase (ASCII < 92)

Cheers,

Joerg Mochikun


"Joerg Mochikun" wrote in message
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As a start for column 1:

For A1 apply the custom validation formula
=MID(A1,LEN(A1)-1,1)=","

This will allow only entries where the second from last character is a
comma.
You can use the AND function to combine more criteria in your formula and
make it as sophisticated as you like.

Joerg



"Help4me" wrote in message
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I have two columns in which I would like to limit the way text is input:

1) Lastname,First initial with no spaces (i.e., Smith,R)
2) One capital letter followed by five digits (i.e., D12345)

I do not have any ideas for column 1.

I can use the Limited Text validation feature for column 2, but that
only
limits the number of characters, not the type of characters input.

Thank you so much.