HOW DO YOU COUNT ALPHA CHARACTERS IN AN ALPHANUMERIC FIELD
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HOW DO YOU COUNT ALPHA CHARACTERS IN AN ALPHANUMERIC FIELD
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:50:01 -0700, PVSPRO
wrote: You could use this UDF: ================ Option Explicit Function AlphaCount(str As String) As Long Dim re As Object Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp") re.Global = True re.Pattern = "[^A-Za-z]" AlphaCount = Len(re.Replace(str, "")) End Function ==================== You enter this in a regular module: <alt-F11 opens the VBEditor Ensure your project is highlighted in the project explorer window, then Insert/Module and paste the code above into the window that opens. You then enter a formula: =AlphaCount(cell_ref) in some cell on your worksheet to get a count of the "alpha" characters in cell_ref. If you want to include other characters than A-Za-z, just add them at the end of "pattern" --ron |
HOW DO YOU COUNT ALPHA CHARACTERS IN AN ALPHANUMERIC FIELD
Ron - is there a decent resource where I could learn more about how to use
VBA regular expressions?? "Ron Rosenfeld" wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:50:01 -0700, PVSPRO wrote: You could use this UDF: ================ Option Explicit Function AlphaCount(str As String) As Long Dim re As Object Set re = CreateObject("vbscript.regexp") re.Global = True re.Pattern = "[^A-Za-z]" AlphaCount = Len(re.Replace(str, "")) End Function ==================== You enter this in a regular module: <alt-F11 opens the VBEditor Ensure your project is highlighted in the project explorer window, then Insert/Module and paste the code above into the window that opens. You then enter a formula: =AlphaCount(cell_ref) in some cell on your worksheet to get a count of the "alpha" characters in cell_ref. If you want to include other characters than A-Za-z, just add them at the end of "pattern" --ron |
HOW DO YOU COUNT ALPHA CHARACTERS IN AN ALPHANUMERIC FIELD
On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:56:00 -0700, JMB wrote:
Ron - is there a decent resource where I could learn more about how to use VBA regular expressions?? I've found these quite helpful as a beginning. http://support.microsoft.com/default...02&Product=vbb http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6wzad2b2.aspx http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html --ron |
HOW DO YOU COUNT ALPHA CHARACTERS IN AN ALPHANUMERIC FIELD
Thanks!!
"Ron Rosenfeld" wrote: On Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:56:00 -0700, JMB wrote: Ron - is there a decent resource where I could learn more about how to use VBA regular expressions?? I've found these quite helpful as a beginning. http://support.microsoft.com/default...02&Product=vbb http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6wzad2b2.aspx http://www.regular-expressions.info/reference.html --ron |
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