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9.4

VBA using Search Worksheet Function to Find Question Marks (Tilde)

Asked by Bandolier in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Software, Microsoft Office Suite

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I need a function which checks a string (derived from a range containing game scores like "10,8" or "?,?") to see if they contain a "?".  If they do then the game has not yet been played.

I have tried using WorksheetFunction.Search but have had no success with it when I include a ? in the search text.  When I prefix  the ? character with the ~ tilde character, it fails with Run Time Error 1004 - Macro Error.
Searching for "," or"11", works fine.

I do not really want to output the scores to a test cell "A1" but took this appraoch to help debug the code.

BTW, I need the function to return FALSE if a ? is found, otherwise TRUE.

I am really at first base with VBA so please explain!

Cheers

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Public Function Played(player, team1, team2)
   
    Dim state As Variant
    Dim ref As String
    Dim ref1 As String
    Dim ref2 As String
       
    ref1 = "A1"
    '   test cell
    Set myRange = Worksheets("Match Results").Range(ref1)
    ref2 = GetScores(player, team1, team2)
    '   function returns the scores "10,11", or "?,?" etc
    myRange.Value = ref2
    state = Application.WorksheetFunction.Search("~?", myRange.Value)
    '   state = Application.Evaluate("Search(10, ref)")
    If state = "#VALUE!" Then
        Played = False
    Else
        Played = True
    End If
 
End Function
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Tags: Microsoft, Excel, 2003, VBA Search Question Marks Tilde
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