It used to be that you could record a macro and it would replicate the
actions you did while recording i.e. open cell, backspace four times, return
- and the result would be that you would eliminate the last four charecters
in each of the cells where you ran the macro. This does not seem to be the
case any longer since Excel now uses VB.
I would appreciate advice on the entries to make in VB to accomplish
eliminating the last four charecters of a cells contents.
Many Thanks!

One way,

Sub RemoveLastFour()

n = ActiveCell.Value
r = Len(ActiveCell) - 4
ActiveCell = Left(n, r)

End Sub

Regards,
Paul


"Matt" wrote in message
...
It used to be that you could record a macro and it would replicate the
actions you did while recording i.e. open cell, backspace four times,
return
- and the result would be that you would eliminate the last four
charecters
in each of the cells where you ran the macro. This does not seem to be the
case any longer since Excel now uses VB.
I would appreciate advice on the entries to make in VB to accomplish
eliminating the last four charecters of a cells contents.
Many Thanks!

Or, for a selected range:

Sub RemoveLastFourFromAll()
Dim cl as Range
'Stop screen flashing
Application.Screenupdating = False

'Remove last 4 characters
For Each cl in Selection
cl.value = Left(cl.value,Len(cl.value)-4))
Next cl

Application.Screenupdating = True
End Sub

This will work on all cells within the selected area


--
Ken Puls
www.officearticles.com

"PCLIVE" wrote in message
...
One way,

Sub RemoveLastFour()

n = ActiveCell.Value
r = Len(ActiveCell) - 4
ActiveCell = Left(n, r)

End Sub

Regards,
Paul


"Matt" wrote in message
...
It used to be that you could record a macro and it would replicate the
actions you did while recording i.e. open cell, backspace four times,
return
- and the result would be that you would eliminate the last four
charecters
in each of the cells where you ran the macro. This does not seem to be
the
case any longer since Excel now uses VB.
I would appreciate advice on the entries to make in VB to accomplish
eliminating the last four charecters of a cells contents.
Many Thanks!