Checking a cell for only Alphanumerical characters

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Is it possible to check that a cell only contains Alphanumerical (a-Z, 0-9)?
 
Trefor said:
Is it possible to check that a cell only contains Alphanumerical
(a-Z, 0-9)?

Yes. The simplest way involves using a define name, ALPHANUM defined as

={"0";"1";"2";"3";"4";"5";"6";"7";"8";"9";"A";"B";"C";"D";"E";"F";"G";"H";
"I";"J";"K";"L";"M";"N";"O";"P";"Q";"R";"S";"T";"U";"V";"W";"X";"Y";"Z"}

and use formulas like

=SUMPRODUCT(LEN(x)-LEN(SUBSTITUTE(UPPER(x),ALPHANUM,"")))=LEN(x)
 

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