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Hi,
I am a novice with VBA and am trying to put an if statement which detects whether the cell contains the word "total" within the cell (there will be text before and after it). I have tried : If ActiveCell.value = "*total*" Then but this doesn't work. Many Thanks in advance Pete |
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If InStr(ActiveCell, "total") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Pete" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a novice with VBA and am trying to put an if statement which detects whether the cell contains the word "total" within the cell (there will be text before and after it). I have tried : If ActiveCell.value = "*total*" Then but this doesn't work. Many Thanks in advance Pete |
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The first will find "total" and the second will find nothing (since the
variable TOTAL) is uninitialized, but assuming you meant If InStr(ActiveCell, UCase("TOTAL")) 0 Then MsgBox "its there" it would find only TOTAL to do a case insensitive search You probably meant If InStr(Ucase(ActiveCell), "TOTAL") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" or better: if Instr(1,ActiveCell,"total",vbTextCompare) then MsgBox "its there" End If -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Don Guillett" wrote in message ... Or this to account for case If InStr(ActiveCell, UCase(TOTAL)) 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Don Guillett" wrote in message ... try If InStr(ActiveCell, "total") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Pete" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a novice with VBA and am trying to put an if statement which detects whether the cell contains the word "total" within the cell (there will be text before and after it). I have tried : If ActiveCell.value = "*total*" Then but this doesn't work. Many Thanks in advance Pete |
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this is what I meant
If InStr(Ucase(ActiveCell), "TOTAL") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message ... The first will find "total" and the second will find nothing (since the variable TOTAL) is uninitialized, but assuming you meant If InStr(ActiveCell, UCase("TOTAL")) 0 Then MsgBox "its there" it would find only TOTAL to do a case insensitive search You probably meant If InStr(Ucase(ActiveCell), "TOTAL") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" or better: if Instr(1,ActiveCell,"total",vbTextCompare) then MsgBox "its there" End If -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Don Guillett" wrote in message ... Or this to account for case If InStr(ActiveCell, UCase(TOTAL)) 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Don Guillett" wrote in message ... try If InStr(ActiveCell, "total") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Pete" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a novice with VBA and am trying to put an if statement which detects whether the cell contains the word "total" within the cell (there will be text before and after it). I have tried : If ActiveCell.value = "*total*" Then but this doesn't work. Many Thanks in advance Pete |
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That works great !
Thanks for your help guys. Pete "Don Guillett" wrote: this is what I meant If InStr(Ucase(ActiveCell), "TOTAL") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Tom Ogilvy" wrote in message ... The first will find "total" and the second will find nothing (since the variable TOTAL) is uninitialized, but assuming you meant If InStr(ActiveCell, UCase("TOTAL")) 0 Then MsgBox "its there" it would find only TOTAL to do a case insensitive search You probably meant If InStr(Ucase(ActiveCell), "TOTAL") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" or better: if Instr(1,ActiveCell,"total",vbTextCompare) then MsgBox "its there" End If -- Regards, Tom Ogilvy "Don Guillett" wrote in message ... Or this to account for case If InStr(ActiveCell, UCase(TOTAL)) 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Don Guillett" wrote in message ... try If InStr(ActiveCell, "total") 0 Then MsgBox "its there" -- Don Guillett SalesAid Software "Pete" wrote in message ... Hi, I am a novice with VBA and am trying to put an if statement which detects whether the cell contains the word "total" within the cell (there will be text before and after it). I have tried : If ActiveCell.value = "*total*" Then but this doesn't work. Many Thanks in advance Pete |
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