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Changing characters in a cell
I want to check a cell to see if the text contains a space in it and if it does I need to change that to an _. Can anyone help? -- nicole0904 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicole0904's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=31774 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=514969 |
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Changing characters in a cell
Using a formula:
=substitute(a1," ","_") (why bother checking??) Or just select the range to inspect and edit|replace what: (spacebar) with: _ replace all nicole0904 wrote: I want to check a cell to see if the text contains a space in it and if it does I need to change that to an _. Can anyone help? -- nicole0904 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicole0904's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=31774 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=514969 -- Dave Peterson |
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Changing characters in a cell
Use the SUBSTITUTE( ) function, such as:
=SUBSTITUTE(A1," ","_") if your data is in A1. Hope this helps. Pete |
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Changing characters in a cell
Highlight the cell(s) then do Edit Replace ReplaceWhat: ALT32 Replace
with: _ ReplaceAll Note, when typing the 32 while holding down the ALT key, use the 3 and 2 keys on the KEYPAD, not those on the Keyboard.... Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "nicole0904" wrote: I want to check a cell to see if the text contains a space in it and if it does I need to change that to an _. Can anyone help? -- nicole0904 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicole0904's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=31774 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=514969 |
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Changing characters in a cell
Why not just hit the spacebar in the What box?
CLR wrote: Highlight the cell(s) then do Edit Replace ReplaceWhat: ALT32 Replace with: _ ReplaceAll Note, when typing the 32 while holding down the ALT key, use the 3 and 2 keys on the KEYPAD, not those on the Keyboard.... Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "nicole0904" wrote: I want to check a cell to see if the text contains a space in it and if it does I need to change that to an _. Can anyone help? -- nicole0904 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicole0904's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=31774 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=514969 -- Dave Peterson |
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Changing characters in a cell
="Because"&CHAR(32)&"my"&CHAR(32)&"spacebar"&CHAR( 32)&"is"&CHAR(32)&"broken?€¦€¦.<g"
Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "Dave Peterson" wrote: Why not just hit the spacebar in the What box? CLR wrote: Highlight the cell(s) then do Edit Replace ReplaceWhat: ALT32 Replace with: _ ReplaceAll Note, when typing the 32 while holding down the ALT key, use the 3 and 2 keys on the KEYPAD, not those on the Keyboard.... Vaya con Dios, Chuck, CABGx3 "nicole0904" wrote: I want to check a cell to see if the text contains a space in it and if it does I need to change that to an _. Can anyone help? -- nicole0904 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nicole0904's Profile: http://www.excelforum.com/member.php...o&userid=31774 View this thread: http://www.excelforum.com/showthread...hreadid=514969 -- Dave Peterson |
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