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Check for character in a string

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deemat

deemat

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Jan 20, 2006
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I'm trying to find a function or create a formula that will check the 4th character in a 5 character string to see if it is an A, B, J or D. I've looked but cannot find a solution any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
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If Mid(yourstring, 4, 1) in ['A', 'B', 'J', 'D'] then true else false

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