Dave:
Thanks for the explanation; I think I actually understand something now,
that I didn't before!! Halleluhah!!!
Jim


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Since Rng is an object -- not a simple variable like an integer or string, you
have to use Set:

Option Explicit
Sub Test()
Dim Rng As Range
Dim C As Range
Set Rng = Selection
For Each C In Rng
C.Value = "|" & C.Value
Next C
End Sub

(And better to declare your variables, too.)

Jim May wrote:

Roger, I tried this VBA solution but get R/T 424 on line 4 (Object
required)..
I don't understand (this type thing happens all too often - as obviously I
haven't begun to understand this mysterious
"Excel Object Model" beast. grrrrrrrrr

Sub Test()
Rng = Selection
For Each C In Rng
C.Value = "|" & C.Value
Next C
End Sub

"Roger Govier" wrote in message
...
Hi

Then in another sheet enter in A1 of Sheet2
="|"&Sheet1!A1
Copy down and across as required.
When complete, press Ctrl-A to mark the whole sheet, Ctrl-C to copy and
with the cursor in cell A1, Paste SpecialValues

Regards

Roger Govier



doof205 wrote:

Sorry, i should have explained it more clearly. I actually want to keep
the data that is in the cells but insert a | before any existing data.

eg.

data - |data
more - |more

I hope this can be done, and thanks for the reply.

Lewis.




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Dave Peterson