So if your formula is (for example)

    =MID(A1,4,4)

use this to get a numeric value:

    =–MID(A1,4,4)

I’ve conudcted some procedure in which I’m suppose to retrieve 4 digits number from a long string. pretty complexed procedure but it works.
I want to add a condition with if statement, in which if i don’t find eventually the 4 digits number i’m looking for, the output will be some sort of mistake note (for instance- “Reference’s incorrect!! Plz Check”).

the IF statement is something like this-
=if(cell<=10000,”OK”,”Mistke Noet..”)
[assuming that a wrong output of the original statement would be something like _231 or 231w or 31ws or ... and then I'll get a mistake note, hence the main objective of this IF statement]

Only trouble is, that I have to create some sort of casting to the 4-digits number, so the excel would consider it as numeric, cause it’s basically a string (originally I obtain this number with MID statement).
How do I do that?

Thanx; Have a great day.
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