Highlighting Cells Containing both Letters and Numbers

For a non-macro solution that gives no false positives, one can use the following:

=LEN(TEXTJOIN("",TRUE,IFERROR(VALUE(MID(A1,SEQUENCE(1,LEN(A1)),1)),"")))

Set the first Conditional Formatting rule to test for "=LEN(A1)" (just append that to the end of the above). That tests for all numerals. Set no format so as to not affect the cell. Checkmark "Stop If True" so that it will stop if met.

Set a second CF rule to test for "=0" which tests for all non-numerals (which is the test used above for "all letters" (and certainly valid if only numerals and letters are used. Set no format so as to not affect the cell. Checkmark "Stop If True" so that it will stop if met.

Set a third rule, doesn't matter what so long as it is always true (so... "=A1=A1" is a simple one), or use the above and append "<LEN(A1)" because it must be and so will certainly be true. (It must be because it can't be longer than A1 and it has already been tested to not be the same length. That leaves only "less than.")

Set the desired formatting for this one.

(Checkmark "Stop If True" as a general housekeeping thing in case Excel adds rules after it due to pasting into the range involved, or adds its rules to some other range if something from its range is pasted elsewhere. It can help spot trouble to be investigated while letting such run and maybe have no effect at the moment take a possible hint of brewing trouble away from you.)

The formula separates all the characters into single character strings with MID(), then checks for their VALUE() which non-numerals will error on. IFERROR() then gives the failures a blank result and TEXTJOIN() combines them into a single string, but does not include anything for the blanks (nor any delimiter). One is left with a string that is the same length as the cell's contents if all numerals, is zero-length if all were non-numerals, and will be something between the cell's length and zero if there was a mix. The rules rule out the first two, then apply new formatting for the ones that are mixed.

For a single rule usage, one could just use an NOT(OR()) to wrap the first two conditions mentioned above which would be equivalent to using the first two rules to suss things out, but would be brutally long for the little box it goes in.

God bless you Willy! It works :)
Only caveat is I must save the xls as a Macro sheet but I hope the team can live with that. I was saving all macros in the PERSONAL.XLSB file until now

Thank you so so very much!

Love the generosity of spirit found on the Internet when it comes to software tips. I have learnt so much and have thanked so many souls already.

Thank YOU Truly

Angeles

@Angeles
The only simple solution is to use the UDF approach proposed in this tip using the following very small macro that you enter in a module:

Function CheckChars(r As Range) As Boolean
CheckChars = Len(r) And Not r Like "*[0-9]*"
End Function

In order to use this in your conditional formatting rule, simply use this formula:

=CheckChars(A1)

Only cells containing no digits will be highlighted. Spaces and punctuation marks are preserved. if you want to exclude those as well, replace "*[0-9]*" with "*[!A-Za-z]*".

Hello Allen,

Thanks for this. It is almost exactly what I need. How can I modify your formula to actually highlight the cells that your formula is not highlighting? I only need to highlight cells containing TEXT, ignoring those with text and numbers

Thanks for any help

Vignesh

If you're text is is A1 and you enter this in B1 =ISNUMBER(MID(A1,4,1)*1) it will return TRUE or FALSE. You can use this in conditional format as in
=ISNUMBER(MID(A1,4,1)*1)=FALSE



(see Figure 1 below)

Hi ,

I have a question, I need to highlight the cell if the fourth digit is "Alphabet". Anyone suggest formulas

Sorry,
Missed the formulas at the upper part of the tip.
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Michael (Micky) Avidan
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ISRAEL

@To whom it may concern:
For the range B2:B8 > FIRST YOU MUST SELECT that range and then declare the C.F. relying on a formula such as:

=SUM(IFERROR(FIND(ROW($1:$10)-1,B2),))*ISTEXT(B2)

See sample in the following links:
http://jpg.co.il/view/5690ef1a0823f.png/
http://screenpresso.com/=66Tgg
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Michael (Micky) Avidan
“Microsoft® Answers" - Wiki author & Forums Moderator
“Microsoft®” MVP – Excel (2009-2016)
ISRAEL

Thanks for this tip. It's going to be useful for many for sure.