For Each rcell In rng.Cells
With rcell
ipos = InStr(rcell.Value, ".")
If ipos 0 Then
rcell.Value = Left(rcell.Value, ipos - 1)
End If
End With
Next rcell


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HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Arain" wrote in message
...
i used a macro to replace the "." but can someone tell me how to replace
"."and the text following the period. i mean when ever it hits a period
it
should delete everything thats after the "."
Public Sub Tester()
Dim WB As Workbook
Dim SH As Worksheet
Dim rng As Range
Dim rCell As Range

Set WB = Workbooks("MasterList.xls")
Set SH = WB.Sheets("VT Masterlist") '
Set rng = SH.Range("A:A")


For Each rCell In rng.Cells
With rCell
If Not IsEmpty(.Value) Then
.Replace What:=".", Replacement:=""
End If
End With
Next rCell

End Sub