Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software, is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

You could make a loop through these cells, and use Like to test whether the
cells match some kind of pattern. See in the helpfiles for the wildcards you
can use.


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"Paul" wrote:

Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software, is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

This formula might work in your situation. B5 being the cell to analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the text to prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:

Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software, is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

Wigi,

I appreciate the tip. I was hoping that there was a way to do it
without delving in to VBA (and I wasn't clear about that in my OP, now
that I review it). From the responses so far, I assume that it is not
possible.

On Jul 24, 2:37 pm, Wigi wrote:
You could make a loop through these cells, and use Like to test whether the
cells match some kind of pattern. See in the helpfiles for the wildcards you
can use.

--
Wigihttp://www.wimgielis.be= Excel/VBA, soccer and music

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software, is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

On Jul 24, 2:47 pm, TomPl wrote:
This formula might work in your situation. B5 being the cell to analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the text to prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software, is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

Is this something you're looking for:

Text in A2 to An.

To insert the text:
P.O. #
at the beginning of each cell.

In A1 enter:
P.O. #

Enter this formula anywhe

=A$1&" "&A2
And copy down as needed.


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HTH,

RD

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"Paul" wrote in message
...
Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

On Jul 24, 2:47 pm, TomPl wrote:
This formula might work in your situation. B5 being the cell to
analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the text to
prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software, is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

On Jul 27, 4:19 pm, "Ragdyer" wrote:
Is this something you're looking for:

Text in A2 to An.

To insert the text:
P.O. #
at the beginning of each cell.

In A1 enter:
P.O. #

Enter this formula anywhe

=A$1&" "&A2
And copy down as needed.

--
HTH,

RD

RD, that does indeed help, and fits the bill of my currently limited
Microsoft experience. Thank you!

wrote in message

...

Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

On Jul 24, 2:47 pm, TomPl wrote:
This formula might work in your situation. B5 being the cell to
analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the text to
prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software, is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

In re-reading your OP, are you looking to ... say ...
add that "P.O. #" text to *only certain* cells that might contain a specific
text string?

If you're still looking for help in that vein, post back with some
specifics.
--
Regards,

RD

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"Paul" wrote in message
...
On Jul 27, 4:19 pm, "Ragdyer" wrote:
Is this something you're looking for:

Text in A2 to An.

To insert the text:
P.O. #
at the beginning of each cell.

In A1 enter:
P.O. #

Enter this formula anywhe

=A$1&" "&A2
And copy down as needed.

--
HTH,

RD

RD, that does indeed help, and fits the bill of my currently limited
Microsoft experience. Thank you!

wrote in message

...

Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

On Jul 24, 2:47 pm, TomPl wrote:
This formula might work in your situation. B5 being the cell to
analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the text to
prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software,
is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:50:46 -0700 (PDT), Paul wrote:

Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

Microsoft Excel does not support regular expressions.

VBA supports the Javascript flavor.

Longre has written a free add-in: morefunc.xll which as regular expression
functions which support the PCRE flavor. Apparently because it is an .xll, it
will not work with strings 255 characters, though. You can find it he
http://xcell05.free.fr/english/index.html

--ron

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

Yes, that is what I meant in my first paragraph. RD's solution help
if I want to manually go through and find these cells myself.

On Jul 29, 11:24*pm, "RagDyer" wrote:
In re-reading your OP, are you looking to ... say ...
add that "P.O. #" text to *only certain* cells that might contain a specific
text string?

If you're still looking for help in that vein, post back with some
specifics.
--
Regards,

RD

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...



On Jul 27, 4:19 pm, "Ragdyer" wrote:
Is this something you're looking for:

Text in A2 to An.

To insert the text:
P.O. #
at the beginning of each cell.

In A1 enter:
P.O. #

Enter this formula anywhe

=A$1&" "&A2
And copy down as needed.

--
HTH,

RD

RD, that does indeed help, and fits the bill of my currently limited
Microsoft experience. *Thank you!

wrote in message

....

Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. *I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. *But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

On Jul 24, 2:47 pm, TomPl wrote:
This formula might work in your situation. *B5 being the cell to
analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the text to
prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software,
is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern, then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

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Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

On Jul 29, 11:50*pm, Ron Rosenfeld wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:50:46 -0700 (PDT), Paul wrote:
Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. *I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. *But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

Microsoft Excel does not support regular expressions.

VBA supports the Javascript flavor.

Longre has written a free add-in: *morefunc.xll which as regular expression
functions which support the PCRE flavor. *Apparently because it is an .xll, it
will not work with strings 255 characters, though. *You can find it hehttp://xcell05.free.fr/english/index.html

Thank you, Ron. Unfortunately, I have to use functionality within
Excel.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:47:25 -0700 (PDT), Paul wrote:

On Jul 29, 11:50*pm, Ron Rosenfeld wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:50:46 -0700 (PDT), Paul wrote:
Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. *I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. *But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

Microsoft Excel does not support regular expressions.

VBA supports the Javascript flavor.

Longre has written a free add-in: *morefunc.xll which as regular expression
functions which support the PCRE flavor. *Apparently because it is an .xll, it
will not work with strings 255 characters, though. *You can find it hehttp://xcell05.free.fr/english/index.html

Thank you, Ron. Unfortunately, I have to use functionality within
Excel.

Well, if you can't use VBA, and can't use add-ins, the only other tool of which
I am aware would be the Find/Replace within Excel. That tool does not support
regular expressions.
--ron

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

Exactly *what* cells are you looking for?

Is it one specific text string or number, or multiple ones?
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Regards,

RD
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"Paul" wrote in message
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Yes, that is what I meant in my first paragraph. RD's solution help
if I want to manually go through and find these cells myself.

On Jul 29, 11:24 pm, "RagDyer" wrote:
In re-reading your OP, are you looking to ... say ...
add that "P.O. #" text to *only certain* cells that might contain a
specific
text string?

If you're still looking for help in that vein, post back with some
specifics.
--
Regards,

RD

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On Jul 27, 4:19 pm, "Ragdyer" wrote:
Is this something you're looking for:

Text in A2 to An.

To insert the text:
P.O. #
at the beginning of each cell.

In A1 enter:
P.O. #

Enter this formula anywhe

=A$1&" "&A2
And copy down as needed.

--
HTH,

RD

RD, that does indeed help, and fits the bill of my currently limited
Microsoft experience. Thank you!

wrote in message

...

Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

On Jul 24, 2:47 pm, TomPl wrote:
This formula might work in your situation. B5 being the cell to
analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the text
to
prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is
not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software,
is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern,
then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

Multiple strings.

On Jul 31, 11:08 am, "RagDyeR" wrote:
Exactly *what* cells are you looking for?

Is it one specific text string or number, or multiple ones?
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Regards,

RD
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"Paul" wrote in message

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Yes, that is what I meant in my first paragraph. RD's solution help
if I want to manually go through and find these cells myself.

On Jul 29, 11:24 pm, "RagDyer" wrote:

In re-reading your OP, are you looking to ... say ...
add that "P.O. #" text to *only certain* cells that might contain a
specific
text string?

If you're still looking for help in that vein, post back with some
specifics.
--
Regards,

RD

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On Jul 27, 4:19 pm, "Ragdyer" wrote:
Is this something you're looking for:

Text in A2 to An.

To insert the text:
P.O. #
at the beginning of each cell.

In A1 enter:
P.O. #

Enter this formula anywhe

=A$1&" "&A2
And copy down as needed.

--
HTH,

RD

RD, that does indeed help, and fits the bill of my currently limited
Microsoft experience. Thank you!

wrote in message

...

Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

On Jul 24, 2:47 pm, TomPl wrote:
This formula might work in your situation. B5 being the cell to
analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the text
to
prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is
not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation software,
is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern,
then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

On Jul 31, 10:39 am, Ron Rosenfeld wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:47:25 -0700 (PDT), Paul wrote:
On Jul 29, 11:50 pm, Ron Rosenfeld wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:50:46 -0700 (PDT), Paul wrote:
Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

Microsoft Excel does not support regular expressions.

VBA supports the Javascript flavor.

Longre has written a free add-in: morefunc.xll which as regular expression
functions which support the PCRE flavor. Apparently because it is an .xll, it
will not work with strings 255 characters, though. You can find it hehttp://xcell05.free.fr/english/index.html

Thank you, Ron. Unfortunately, I have to use functionality within
Excel.

Well, if you can't use VBA, and can't use add-ins, the only other tool of which
I am aware would be the Find/Replace within Excel. That tool does not support
regular expressions.
--ron

Understood. It really puts the pressure on carving out time to learn
VBA.

Regular expression search/replace in Excel
 

Then you have to let us know what they are!
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"Paul" wrote in message
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Multiple strings.

On Jul 31, 11:08 am, "RagDyeR" wrote:
Exactly *what* cells are you looking for?

Is it one specific text string or number, or multiple ones?
--

Regards,

RD
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"Paul" wrote in message

...
Yes, that is what I meant in my first paragraph. RD's solution help
if I want to manually go through and find these cells myself.

On Jul 29, 11:24 pm, "RagDyer" wrote:

In re-reading your OP, are you looking to ... say ...
add that "P.O. #" text to *only certain* cells that might contain a
specific
text string?

If you're still looking for help in that vein, post back with some
specifics.
--
Regards,

RD

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!
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On Jul 27, 4:19 pm, "Ragdyer" wrote:
Is this something you're looking for:

Text in A2 to An.

To insert the text:
P.O. #
at the beginning of each cell.

In A1 enter:
P.O. #

Enter this formula anywhe

=A$1&" "&A2
And copy down as needed.

--
HTH,

RD

RD, that does indeed help, and fits the bill of my currently limited
Microsoft experience. Thank you!

wrote in message

...

Tom,

Thanks for the code snippet. I wasn't clear in my OP, but I was
seeking a non-VBA method of search-and-replace with regular
expressions. But from the lack of responses in that vein, I'm
assuming that there isn't such a solution.

On Jul 24, 2:47 pm, TomPl wrote:
This formula might work in your situation. B5 being the cell to
analyse,
"There" being the text you are looking for and "Hello" as the
text
to
prepend.

Find is case sensative.

=IF(ISERR(FIND("There",B5)),B5,"Hello " & B5)

Tom

"Paul" wrote:
Without delving into VBA (I have limited experience, and now is
not
the time to learn), and without installing augmentation
software,
is
it possible to search for all text matching a search pattern,
then
prepend each occurance with given sequence of characters?

If not, is it possible to simply prepend a given sequence of
characters the string in each cell of a selected region?

Thanks.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -