This macro will delete a row if the 3 letters 'Ave' are the 1st 3 letters
in the cell
Easily adapted.

Sub delete_if_Ave()
For Each c In Selection
If Left(c, 3) = "Ave" Then c.EntireRow.Delete
Next
End Sub



"MDC" wrote in message
...
I need to delete a row that has certain values in a cell
in Column A. For example if the word "Average" appears in
cell a, I need to delete the whole row. I can't figure
out how to write the code to find partial string match.

Thanks