On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:51:01 -0700, Jacob Skaria
wrote:

Please note that this is an array formula. You create array formulas in the
same way that you create other formulas, except you press CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER to
enter the formula. If successful in 'Formula Bar' you can notice the curly
braces at both ends like "{=<formula}"


=MID(A1,COUNT(1*MID(A1,ROW($1:$9),1)),1)

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Jacob Skaria

This seems to fail with certain combinations:

10S11
A143
1A99

--ron