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Don't understand you here Julie.
Your formula *does* solve it, doesn't it?
If OP wants the actual number returned, and your formula equates to True or
False, just add the "IF":
=IF(AND(LEN(A1)>=7,OR(LEFT(RIGHT(A1,7),3)="225",LEFT(RIGHT(A1,7),3)="233")),
A1,"")
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RD
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Hi
glad it's getting close to being solved
most of the stuff i know i learnt from these newsgroups

and a bit of
trial & error
Cheers
JulieD