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Default To clear apostrophes

I like to do this:

select the range
edit|replace
what: (leave blank)
with: $$$$$ (some unique string)
replace all

followed by:
edit|replace
what: $$$$$ (that same unique string)
with: (leave blank)
replace all

If you need a macro, record one when you do it manually.

(I bet those apostrophes are left over from a formula that returned "" and you
converted to values???)

Ben wrote:

Hello,
I've used a variation of the following code to clear zeros from a data
range. Some data that I've imported contains a combination of dates, numbers
and text but mysteriously some cells appear blank but on inspection of the
formula bar they contain a solitary apostrophe. I would have thought that the
following code should clear the apostrophes but it doesn't. Could anybody
help please

Sub CleanApostrophe()
Dim rng As Range, cell
Set rng = Range("Datarange2")
For Each cell In rng
If cell.Value = " ' " Then
cell.ClearContents
End If
Next cell
End Sub


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Dave Peterson