Bob,

In case my post has been overlooked or lost:

Bob,

Replace PARK with a placeholder, do your replacement, and restore the
PARKs. This will work as long as XXXX doesn't appear anywhere in your
data set.

With Columns("B:B")
..Replace What:="PARK", Replacement:="XXXX", LookAt:=xlPart
..Replace What:="PAR", Replacement:="PARK", LookAt:=xlPart
..Replace What:="XXXX", Replacement:="PARK", LookAt:=xlPart
End With

HTH,
Bernie
MS Excel MVP


"Bob C" wrote in message
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Hi Tom
I have just noticed in changing my question around, I
have deleted the part about doing this via macro.
Sorry and thankyou

Bob C

-----Original Message-----
I doubt that you can. Replace doesn't offer that level
of sophistication to
the best of my knowledge.

You would have to write a macro with a specific
algorithm to identify this
situation and make the change.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Bob C" wrote in
message
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Hi Everyone

I have a speadsheet with columns of credit card
transactions.
Column B contains the name & address of the retailers
as
show below:

FOODLAND PARKLAND PAR
SAMS SEAFOOD RICHMOND PAR
SHELL SELF SERVE ELIZABETH VLE
DICK SMITH W8080 ELIZABETH CIT

How do I Find and Replace all instances of PAR on the
right hand end of cell with PARK without changing
PARKLAND to PARKKLAND with two "K's" ?.

TIA

Bob C


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