Use the Text property of the range, not the Value property. E.g.,
Debug.Print InStr(Range("A1").Text, ",")
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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
"vbastarter" wrote in
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Hi I need to find out if a number cell in a cloumn contains ","
and the fire
a msgbox
i need to fire msgbox when i come across cell containg value
31,205
Usually, i would use instr or other string functions but being
a number,
thosse strigs are not working .
Any help appreciated.