Thank you very much for your help! I realized one more wrinkle in the text
after I sent out my message:

XBDP BDA OTHER: BOARDROOM PROD 08425360I

The good news about this text is that the variant XBDP will always be
followed by a space. So, can I add the space as well to my parameters so
that if the left(a1, 4) is uppercase as well has a space immediately
following it then return left(A1,4).

Thank you.

Regards,
Shams

"NBVC" wrote:


Try

=IF(EXACT(LEFT(A1,4),UPPER(LEFT(A1,4))),"IA Code","")


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