If you are looking specifically for text, you can use the istext function,
as in:
=if(istext(a1),"+","")

Regards,
Fred

"Jim D." wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm trying to convert the following statement . . . =if(A1=______ , "+",
"")

to . . . a search for any text, that might happen to be in cell A1.

I don't know what the best option is for filling in the blank after A1=


Thanks So much hor helping me if possible,

Jim