how to deal with "~"
Hi, all
i have a problem to lookup or replace words when it contains "~" character. every time i have to change it to "-" manualy. for there are lots of "~" in the workfile, too much time has been wasted on it. Can anybody have any idea to solve this? thanks |
how to deal with "~"
Use two of them. If you are looking for AB~CD, put AB~~CD in the "Find what"
field. Rick "kelly" wrote in message ... Hi, all i have a problem to lookup or replace words when it contains "~" character. every time i have to change it to "-" manualy. for there are lots of "~" in the workfile, too much time has been wasted on it. Can anybody have any idea to solve this? thanks |
how to deal with "~"
Just to add...
Excel can use wildcards: * for any characters ? for any single character ~ as an "escape" character to indicate that the next * or ? should be treated as an asterisk or question mark--not as wild cards. So if you're using an =vlookup() for instance, you can avoid wildcard problems with a formula like: =VLOOKUP(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"~"," ~~"),"?","~?"),"*","~*"), Sheet2!$A:$B,2,FALSE) kelly wrote: Hi, all i have a problem to lookup or replace words when it contains "~" character. every time i have to change it to "-" manualy. for there are lots of "~" in the workfile, too much time has been wasted on it. Can anybody have any idea to solve this? thanks -- Dave Peterson |
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