conditional formating with text

[snakey]

I have two columns of data (A:B), and want to highlight values in Col B in
coloured text, where the adjacent cell in Col A contains data entered in
brackets. The data in column A is a mixture of numbers and text and formatted
as 'General' so that a number in brackets does not appear as a negative
value. I've used CF before but can't seem to enter a formula that works.

Any ideas?

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

If there cannot be any other parenthesizes then you can use

In the CF use formula is and


=ISNUMBER(FIND("(",A1))


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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom

 

[Jacob Skaria]

1. Select the cell/Range (say b1:b10). Please note that the ROW reference 1
mentioned in the formula is the active ROW in the selection. Active cell will
have a white background even after selection

2. From menu Format>Conditional Formatting>
3. For Condition1>Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula

=AND(LEFT(A1,1)="(",RIGHT(A1,1)=")")

4. Click Format Button>Pattern and select your color (say Red)
5. Hit OK


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[snakey]

Many thanks Jacob - works a treat!

1. Select the cell/Range (say b1:b10). Please note that the ROW reference 1
mentioned in the formula is the active ROW in the selection. Active cell will
have a white background even after selection

2. From menu Format>Conditional Formatting>
3. For Condition1>Select 'Formula Is' and enter the below formula

=AND(LEFT(A1,1)="(",RIGHT(A1,1)=")")

4. Click Format Button>Pattern and select your color (say Red)
5. Hit OK


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[snakey]

Thanks Peo, this also works, as does Jacobs suggestion - will now decide
which one to use!

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

If there can't be more than one left parenthesis in the cell which I assume
it is the case then I think mine is a tiny bit more robust since it is not
sensitive to an occasional misplaced leading space.

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Regards,


Peo Sjoblom