=LOOKUP(LEFT(A2),D1:E8)

Did you actually try that formula?

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"Shane Devenshire" wrote in
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Hi,

Make a table with 1 throught 8 in the first column and the words you want
in
the second column. Say you do this in D1:E8

then use the formula
=LOOKUP(LEFT(A2),D1:E8)

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"Steved" wrote:

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.