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Data validation - custom (must have "/")

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Johan - 31 Mar 2008 14:37 GMT
I want only to allow text entered with a "/" character in the middle
of the cell. From 0/0 to 99/999 how do I do this?
Bob Phillips - 31 Mar 2008 16:33 GMT
Use a custom type of

=AND(ISNUMBER(FIND("/",H1)),ISNUMBER(--SUBSTITUTE(H1,"/","")))

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>I want only to allow text entered with a "/" character in the middle
> of the cell. From 0/0 to 99/999 how do I do this?

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