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Asked: 2026-06-15T16:20:55+00:00

I am trying to validate an Excel column to have only values containing a

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I am trying to validate an Excel column to have only values containing a value with length > 1 and ending with “d”.
My attempt was the following formula:

=AND(LEN(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN())))>1,RIGHT(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN())),1) = "d")

Excel says that the formula contains errors.
The strange thing is that the first part itself works correct. But when i put it into an AND i get the error. Also when i replace the inderect reference with an absolut one it will work:

=LEN(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN())))>1 => works

=AND(LEN(F4)>1, TRUE) => works

=AND(LEN(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(ROW(),COLUMN())))>1, TRUE) => fails

Why is this? Is there another way or a workaround to do this?

Thanks in advance, Marco

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  1. Editorial Team

    Not sure why you need this to be so complicated. In data/validation Custom formula for the top cell in the column, put something like =AND(LEN(H1)>1,RIGHT(H1,1)="d") (for col H, for example). Then Copy that cell, and Paste Special/Validation for the rest of the cells in the column. Any good?

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