Both of these items worked perfectly, and were the most concise of the
choices. thank you all for your help, Pam

"NBVC" wrote:


Try these

=IF(Len(A1)=4,"Unapproved","")

=IF(OR(Left(A1)+0={4,5,6,9}),"","Unapproved")


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