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Blank Characters in data
I was wondering if there was a way to rid datalists of occurences like these:
Mr A S(Blank Characters) Mith As they are actual characters searching for blank spaces and replacing them with nothing does not work. Any suggestions? |
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sorry just to clarify its as if blank characters overlap actual letters so
you have to manually hit backspace over a letter to make the space disappear. hope this makes sense :P "davids" wrote: I was wondering if there was a way to rid datalists of occurences like these: Mr A S(Blank Characters) Mith As they are actual characters searching for blank spaces and replacing them with nothing does not work. Any suggestions? |
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One thing you can try is Find/Replace. In the find what box, hold down the
Alt key and enter 255 or 0160 (using the number keypad-you should get a special character that appears to be a space). Don't enter anything in the replace with box. Replace all. Be sure to back up your data. "davids" wrote: sorry just to clarify its as if blank characters overlap actual letters so you have to manually hit backspace over a letter to make the space disappear. hope this makes sense :P "davids" wrote: I was wondering if there was a way to rid datalists of occurences like these: Mr A S(Blank Characters) Mith As they are actual characters searching for blank spaces and replacing them with nothing does not work. Any suggestions? |
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No that didn't work but thanks for the suggestion
"JMB" wrote: One thing you can try is Find/Replace. In the find what box, hold down the Alt key and enter 255 or 0160 (using the number keypad-you should get a special character that appears to be a space). Don't enter anything in the replace with box. Replace all. Be sure to back up your data. "davids" wrote: sorry just to clarify its as if blank characters overlap actual letters so you have to manually hit backspace over a letter to make the space disappear. hope this makes sense :P "davids" wrote: I was wondering if there was a way to rid datalists of occurences like these: Mr A S(Blank Characters) Mith As they are actual characters searching for blank spaces and replacing them with nothing does not work. Any suggestions? |
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Hi Davids,
Instead of using alt + numbers, put a space with space bar and try to replace. It will work. Regards, Jaleel "davids" wrote: No that didn't work but thanks for the suggestion "JMB" wrote: One thing you can try is Find/Replace. In the find what box, hold down the Alt key and enter 255 or 0160 (using the number keypad-you should get a special character that appears to be a space). Don't enter anything in the replace with box. Replace all. Be sure to back up your data. "davids" wrote: sorry just to clarify its as if blank characters overlap actual letters so you have to manually hit backspace over a letter to make the space disappear. hope this makes sense :P "davids" wrote: I was wondering if there was a way to rid datalists of occurences like these: Mr A S(Blank Characters) Mith As they are actual characters searching for blank spaces and replacing them with nothing does not work. Any suggestions? |
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davids wrote:
I was wondering if there was a way to rid datalists of occurences like these: Mr A S(Blank Characters) Mith As they are actual characters searching for blank spaces and replacing them with nothing does not work. Any suggestions? Hi Davids, try with a combination of TRIM and CLEAN functions... -- Hope I helped you. Thanks in advance for your feedback. Ciao Franz Verga from Italy |
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To really see what's in there, download Chip Pearson's CELLVIEW add-in.
http://www.cpearson.com/excel/CellView.htm Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 29 Aug 2006 19:02:01 -0700, davids wrote: I was wondering if there was a way to rid datalists of occurences like these: Mr A S(Blank Characters) Mith As they are actual characters searching for blank spaces and replacing them with nothing does not work. Any suggestions? Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP |
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