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I am trying to take a look at a character nad say if the 8th cahracter is =
to C then how woudl I do it? This is what I have but it is not correct.

=IF(D2 ="???????C?","True","False")
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Wes,

Use the MID function. E.g.,
=IF(MID(D2,8,1)="C","True","False")


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I am trying to take a look at a character nad say if the 8th
cahracter is =
to C then how woudl I do it? This is what I have but it is not
correct.

=IF(D2 ="???????C?","True","False")



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Hi

=(MID(D2,8,1)="C")


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I am trying to take a look at a character nad say if the 8th cahracter is

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to C then how woudl I do it? This is what I have but it is not correct.

=IF(D2 ="???????C?","True","False")



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