Hello!,


By using the find option we could search for part of a cell or whole
cell content.

But if it possible to search using wild cards starting from the
beginning of the cell?

Like match the starting charecters only...

Tra* will find TRAvel, TRAnsport, TRAde etc but not cenTRAl or conTRAct
?!!!

THANKS

Try it and see.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

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"Abdul" wrote in message
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Hello!,


By using the find option we could search for part of a cell or whole
cell content.

But if it possible to search using wild cards starting from the
beginning of the cell?

Like match the starting charecters only...

Tra* will find TRAvel, TRAnsport, TRAde etc but not cenTRAl or conTRAct
?!!!

THANKS

Sorry, I think I did'nt make it clear..

I want to search part of a cell starting from the first character
only.. So that TRA* will find TRAvel, TRAnsport, TRAde etc but it
should exclude cenTRAl or conTRAct since it does not start with TRA

Thanks

Hi Abdul,

Try setting the Find method's LookAt parameter to XlWhole.

For example (lightly adapting the Help example code):

'=============
Public Sub Tester001()
Dim rng As Range
Dim firstAddress As String
Const searchStr As String = "Tra*"

With ActiveSheet.Cells
Set rng = .Find(searchStr, _
After:=ActiveCell, _
LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False)
If Not rng Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = rng.Address
Do
rng.Interior.ColorIndex = 6
Set rng = .FindNext(rng)
Loop While Not rng Is Nothing _
And rng.Address < firstAddress
End If
End With

End Sub
'<<=============

If I ran the above code on a sheet which contained multiple examples of all
of your suggested words, only those words that commenced with the letters
'tra' were highlighted.

---
Regards,
Norman



"Abdul" wrote in message
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Sorry, I think I did'nt make it clear..

I want to search part of a cell starting from the first character
only.. So that TRA* will find TRAvel, TRAnsport, TRAde etc but it
should exclude cenTRAl or conTRAct since it does not start with TRA

Thanks