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Default Find and Replace Help

My initial guess is that there is something else in the cells besides the value
(like "vd"). And since you're looking at xlwhole, that causes the problem.

If you try changing all the xlwhole's to xlpart's, does it work?

Moneyball Wilson wrote:

Hi All,

I have a quick question...I written this Macro to find and replace a
specific range of cells but it is not working correctly.

The range of cells will highlight, but then nothing is replaced.
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Sub Convert_To_Lower_Case_and_Replace()
' Loop to cycle through each cell in the specified range.
For Each x In Range("B2:B500")
x.Value = LCase(x.Value)
Next

Range("B2:B500").Select
Selection.Replace What:="vd", Replacement:="5-bmlp-5/8",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="br", Replacement:="5-btva-5/9",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="calx", Replacement:="5-nfld-5/11",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="chrtn", Replacement:="5-dres-5/12",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="clntn", Replacement:="5-wodsk-5/13",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="dd", Replacement:="5-indy-5/14",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="har", Replacement:="5-may-5/15",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="dela", Replacement:="5-sar-5/16",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="duq", Replacement:="5-bmlp-5/17",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="epr", Replacement:="5-wodsk-5/18",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="fhld", Replacement:="5-nfld-5/19",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="frd", Replacement:="5-btva-5/20",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="frdtn", Replacement:="5-dres-5/21",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="geod", Replacement:="5-hp-5/22",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="gosh", Replacement:="5-dres-5/23",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="har", Replacement:="5-may-5/24",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="hm", Replacement:="5-bmlp-5/25",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="hnvr", Replacement:="5-wodsk-5/26",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="ind", Replacement:="5-sar-5/7",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="leb", Replacement:="5-nor-5/28",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="lex", Replacement:="5-bmlp-5/29",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="mea", Replacement:="5-sar-5/30",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="mr", Replacement:="5-lon-5/31",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="np", Replacement:="5-nfld-5/32",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="od", Replacement:="5-kd-5/33",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="pcd", Replacement:="5-hp-5/34",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="prc", Replacement:="5-hp-5/35",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="prm", Replacement:="5-btva-5/36",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="rcr", Replacement:="5-sar-5/37",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="ridc", Replacement:="5-sar-5/38",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="scar", Replacement:="5-wodsk-5/39",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="scd", Replacement:="5-indy-5/40",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="dd", Replacement:="5-indy-5/41",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="sudby", Replacement:="5-nor-5/42",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="summ", Replacement:="5-wodsk-5/43",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="trr", Replacement:="5-kd-5/44",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="truro", Replacement:="5-btva-5/45",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="vd", Replacement:="5-bmlp-5/46",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
Selection.Replace What:="yr", Replacement:="5-rp-5/47",
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False,
_
ReplaceFormat:=False
End Sub

Any help would be appreciated.

Sincerely,
Rambo


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Dave Peterson