This will return either TRUE or FALSE:

=MID(A1,3,1)=CHAR(32)

CHAR(32) is the standard space character.

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Biff
Microsoft Excel MVP


"Rick" wrote in message
...
Looking for a way to determine if the 3rd character in a cell is a
space. (Dealing with mailing lists; trying to isolate values which
are first initial-period- "space" last name.
Thank you for your thoughts.
Rick