Create a 2 column table like this:

........E........F
1.....1.....City
2.....2.....Roskill
3.....4.....Wiri
4.....5.....Shore
5.....6.....Orewa
6.....7.....Swanson
7.....8.....Panmure

Then use a formula like this:

A1 = 5845

=IF(COUNTIF(E1:E7,LEFT(A1)),VLOOKUP(--LEFT(A1),E1:F7,2,0),"")

I notice you're missing a condition for number 3?

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Steved" wrote in message
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Hello from Steved

in Cell A1 I have 5854, now picking up the first digit which is 5 it will
type in "Shore"

Please how do I ask the bottom Formulas to do this please
=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="1","City","")+=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="2"," Roskill","") as this
method
leaves me a true or false .

=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="1","City","")
=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="2","Roskill","")
=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="4","Wiri","")
=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="5","Shore","")
=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="6","Orewa","")
=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="7","Swanson","")
=IF(LEFT(A2,1)="8","Panmure","")

Thankyou.