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Way do do search/replace on beginning/end of cell w/o functions?



 
 
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Old March 22nd, 2010, 08:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
msnyc07
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Default Way do do search/replace on beginning/end of cell w/o functions?

Hi, I've been writing various functions to search/replace beginning/ends of
cells, however wondering if there is a way to do the simpler ones with just
Search/Replace function.

In word I'd just do

^pString

orString^p

but not sure if there is a symbol I can use to mean beginning/end of cell.

For instance I want to replace all Cells with
Board Certified

but not where

* Board Certified

I can of course write a function but the sheet is unwieldy as it is and it
is a simple 'request'...
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Old March 23rd, 2010, 06:45 AM posted to microsoft.public.excel.worksheet.functions
Héctor Miguel
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Default Way do do search/replace on beginning/end of cell w/o functions?

hi, !

for a begin/end cells replacement, try first with a custom autofilter
(not for all cells, but for each desired column)

or you can build a macro to automating this task (with some inputboxes ?)

hth,
hector.

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Hi, I've been writing various functions to search/replace beginning/ends of cells
however wondering if there is a way to do the simpler ones with just Search/Replace function.
In word I'd just do: ^pString or String^p
but not sure if there is a symbol I can use to mean beginning/end of cell.
For instance I want to replace all Cells with Board Certified
but not where * Board Certified
I can of course write a function but the sheet is unwieldy as it is and it is a simple 'request'...



 




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