hi again.
i think my brain skidded into a ditch. the formula i posted would work.
if 1 was in A1 and 2 in A2, the results would be 3500. (3 & 500)
also if you replace the apersand with a plus sign the result would be 503.
so it could be done. just depends would what results you want.
sorry for the confusion. my fault.
regards
FSt1