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Globally replacing *
Is simple way to do a global replace * (as an asterisk not a wildcard)? For
example how would I strip out the *100 from the following which is in multiple cells on a sheet SUM('Total Volume'!B5:M5)*100 Many thanks in advance for your help. |
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Globally replacing *
Use the tidle symbol ~ as in
Replace what: ~*100 Replace with: -- HTH Sandy In Perth, the ancient capital of Scotland and the crowning place of kings Replace @mailinator.com with @tiscali.co.uk "Bowler" wrote in message ... Is simple way to do a global replace * (as an asterisk not a wildcard)? For example how would I strip out the *100 from the following which is in multiple cells on a sheet SUM('Total Volume'!B5:M5)*100 Many thanks in advance for your help. |
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Globally replacing *
As * can be used as a wildcard, you need to use ~* in a Find & replace
operation, so I would suggest: Find What: ~*100 Replace with: <leave blank Replace All Another way in this particular case would be to replace 100 with 1. Hope this helps. Pete On Nov 6, 10:20 am, Bowler wrote: Is simple way to do a global replace * (as an asterisk not a wildcard)? For example how would I strip out the *100 from the following which is in multiple cells on a sheet SUM('Total Volume'!B5:M5)*100 Many thanks in advance for your help. |
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