Hi,

No macro needed assuming you are using 2002 or later:

1. Select column A's data and press Ctrl+F
2. Enter -- in the Find what box and click Find All
3. The first hit is highlighted in the window at the bottom of the dialog
box, hold down the Shift key and click the last entry. This should select
all the hits in the window (and all the cells in the spreadsheet)
4. Click Close and don't move the cursor.
5. Type = press the Up Arrow key once, press Ctrl+Enter

All the numbers should be copied down, over the -----------
6. Select column A's data and choose Copy, then Edit, Paste Special, Values.

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If this helps, please click the Yes button.

Cheers,
Shane Devenshire


"Lawribird" wrote:

I have a list of Account and phone numbers that looks like this

A B C
1 2302009591 SMITH
2 2302009591 (123)123-0000
3 2302009591 (123)123-1000
4 2302009912 SAMS
5 --------- (123)123-1001
6 2302009949 HUGHES
7 2302009949 (123)123-1999
8 2302009947 WILLIAMS
9 2302009947 (123)123-2000

I want to create a macro that searches for the " ---------" and replaces it
with the account number directly above it. For example in this case A5 would
be replaced automatically with the results in A4. But since there are
multiple occurance of " ---------" and each time I run this report those
occurances are on in different rows, I need something that will do this
replacement no matter what row this occures on. Can anyone help?