Can you give us an example of some of the more complicated "patterns" you
are trying to locate the position of?

Rick

"RLang" wrote in message
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Hi,
I've used the FIND command in conjunction with wildcard characters to
find string patterns in a worksheet cell. Can anyone tell me if I can do
the
same thing in VBA against a string variable that I've read in from a file
rather than referencing a cell? Apparently INSTR doesn't allow wildcard
characters.

Thanks much.