If cell does not begin with alphabetical character

Sphinx404

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Office Version
  1. 365
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  1. Windows
Does anyone know how to code in whether or not a cell begins with a number or a character?

I pulled this from an different website, but doesn't seem to solve my problem:

Code:
[COLOR=#242729][FONT=Consolas]=IF(ISNUMBER(VALUE(LEFT(Q2,1))),"Non-Alpha","Alpha")[/FONT][/COLOR]

Thanks
 

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Sphinx404, Good afternoon.

Your formula is working.

What kind of problem it's presenting to you?

Please give us an example.
 
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I have it backwards.... You're right, it does work. I was thinking it was looking for the alpha, but the code looks for the numeric value. My fault. Thank you for verifying.
 
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