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Data Validation
I'm pretty sure this isn't a "function" question, but I don't think there's a
better place to put this. Is there a data validation setting that I can use to force users to enter four digits? For instance, 1125, 1362, and 0734 would all be valid entries. Becuse of that last one, I couldn't use a numeric range of 1000-9999 and have it work. But it also HAS to be four characters long. Any help would be great. Thanks. -- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! |
Choose "Custom" from the allow box and type in this function:
=LEN(A1)=4 Change the A1 reference to which ever cell you are typing this into. -- Regards, Dave "MDW" wrote: I'm pretty sure this isn't a "function" question, but I don't think there's a better place to put this. Is there a data validation setting that I can use to force users to enter four digits? For instance, 1125, 1362, and 0734 would all be valid entries. Becuse of that last one, I couldn't use a numeric range of 1000-9999 and have it work. But it also HAS to be four characters long. Any help would be great. Thanks. -- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! |
I could accomplish this same thing by choosng the text length option - how
can I force all four of those to be digits? -- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! "David Billigmeier" wrote: Choose "Custom" from the allow box and type in this function: =LEN(A1)=4 Change the A1 reference to which ever cell you are typing this into. -- Regards, Dave "MDW" wrote: I'm pretty sure this isn't a "function" question, but I don't think there's a better place to put this. Is there a data validation setting that I can use to force users to enter four digits? For instance, 1125, 1362, and 0734 would all be valid entries. Becuse of that last one, I couldn't use a numeric range of 1000-9999 and have it work. But it also HAS to be four characters long. Any help would be great. Thanks. -- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! |
=AND(LEN(A1)=4,ISNUMBER(VALUE(A1)))
-- Regards, Dave "MDW" wrote: I could accomplish this same thing by choosng the text length option - how can I force all four of those to be digits? -- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! "David Billigmeier" wrote: Choose "Custom" from the allow box and type in this function: =LEN(A1)=4 Change the A1 reference to which ever cell you are typing this into. -- Regards, Dave "MDW" wrote: I'm pretty sure this isn't a "function" question, but I don't think there's a better place to put this. Is there a data validation setting that I can use to force users to enter four digits? For instance, 1125, 1362, and 0734 would all be valid entries. Becuse of that last one, I couldn't use a numeric range of 1000-9999 and have it work. But it also HAS to be four characters long. Any help would be great. Thanks. -- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! |
Aha! Beautiful! Thanks!
-- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! "David Billigmeier" wrote: =AND(LEN(A1)=4,ISNUMBER(VALUE(A1))) -- Regards, Dave "MDW" wrote: I could accomplish this same thing by choosng the text length option - how can I force all four of those to be digits? -- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! "David Billigmeier" wrote: Choose "Custom" from the allow box and type in this function: =LEN(A1)=4 Change the A1 reference to which ever cell you are typing this into. -- Regards, Dave "MDW" wrote: I'm pretty sure this isn't a "function" question, but I don't think there's a better place to put this. Is there a data validation setting that I can use to force users to enter four digits? For instance, 1125, 1362, and 0734 would all be valid entries. Becuse of that last one, I couldn't use a numeric range of 1000-9999 and have it work. But it also HAS to be four characters long. Any help would be great. Thanks. -- Hmm...they have the Internet on COMPUTERS now! |
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