Hi Lion123, Have a look at the attached. I've used random numbers to test it. Details on the sheet. Hope this is sort of what you want. Anyway, really interesting.
Regards - Dave. > I am trying to sort special numbers in a long list of telephone > numbers (7 digits). For example: > > a. Highlight yellow those numbers which have 3 consecutive digits (eg > 2281555). > b. Highlightt blue those numbers which have two double numbers (eg > 4431122). > c. Highlight green those numbers which are in a certain sequence (eg > 2281234). > > I tried to use Left, Right and Mid formulas but the game becomes very > complicated and hard to troubleshoot. Any better solution? _________________________________________________________________ Looking for a new car this winter? Let us help with car news, reviews and more http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F859641&_t=762955845&_r=tig_OCT07&_m=EXT --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some important links for excel users: 1. Excel and VBA Tutorials(Video and Text), Free add-ins downloads at http://www.excelitems.com 2. Excel tutorials at http://www.excel-macros.blogspot.com 3. Learn VBA Macros at http://www.vbamacros.blogspot.com 4. Excel Tips and Tricks at http://exceldailytip.blogspot.com To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com If you find any spam message in the group, please send an email to: Ayush Jain @ jainayus...@gmail.com or Ashish Jain @ 26may.1...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
Interseting.xls
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