i have text inside cells, which always begins with "web" and have the length
of 14, e.g.:
web_bares_0244
web_admin_0011
there are always some special characters bevor and behind these texts,
like linebreak, space etc.
i want to remove those special characters so only the 14 characters remain.
best by using macro since there are thousands of such cells.
the approach i have in mind would be search for the "web" characters and
the 11 characters behind it. Then delete all other characters in the respected cell.
thanx for the help.
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thanx for quick reply,
i tried the following code
Private Sub copyID_Click()
i = 1
Do While (i < 2000)
Worksheets("content").Sele
Worksheets("content").Cell
Worksheets("content").Cell
i = i + 1
Loop
End Sub
--------------------------
error message:
runtime error '424'
object not found
well, does it has something to do woth when a cell is empty???
some cels aroun row 1000 are empty but the macro does not
go that far. it stops right at line 1.
Try this:
Private Sub copyID_Click()
i = 1
Do While (i < 2000)
Worksheets("content").Cell
Worksheets("content").Cell
i = i + 1
Loop
End Sub
Stu
<roos01>
error message:
sub or function not defined.
is the clean function a standard function???
<SQL_Stu>
i suppose the error message appear because some
cels does not contain the characters "web". some are
empty or simply contain a few linebreak.
could i write a if statement to check if the cells do have the "web"
characters in them???
Quite easily - you could do:
Private Sub copyID_Click()
i = 1
Do While (i < 2000)
If Instr(1,Worksheets("conten
Worksheets("content").Cell
End If
Worksheets("content").Cell
i = i + 1
Loop
End Sub
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by: SQL_StuPosted on 2004-09-28 at 04:50:48ID: 12168523
You could use:
Mid(cellvalue, instr(1,cellvalue,"web"),1
This will search for the word "web" and only return the 14 characters to the right of the "w"
Stu