Dear all,

I have I think a small problem but a very irritating one. I hav
written a VB program (macro) to import a text datafile in
spreadsheet. When seperating the columns I first used a comma in my V
program (SEP = ","). But now I need a tab. What symbol can I use fo
that (A space is also easy, you then use SEP = " ", but what to us
when you need a tab?). Thank you very much for your reply. I am no
very experienced.

Best regards

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Lans,

You can get a tab character by using vbTab or Chr(9). For example,

Sep = vbTab
' or
Sep = Chr(9)



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Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


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Dear all,

I have I think a small problem but a very irritating one. I have
written a VB program (macro) to import a text datafile in a
spreadsheet. When seperating the columns I first used a comma in my VB
program (SEP = ","). But now I need a tab. What symbol can I use for
that (A space is also easy, you then use SEP = " ", but what to use
when you need a tab?). Thank you very much for your reply. I am not
very experienced.

Best regards.


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CHR(9)
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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"lans" wrote in message ...

Dear all,

I have I think a small problem but a very irritating one. I have
written a VB program (macro) to import a text datafile in a
spreadsheet. When seperating the columns I first used a comma in my VB
program (SEP = ","). But now I need a tab. What symbol can I use for
that (A space is also easy, you then use SEP = " ", but what to use
when you need a tab?). Thank you very much for your reply. I am not
very experienced.

Best regards.


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Hi David,

Great, thank you

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