in the help, they use firstaddress = c.address so the code doesn't loop
continuously

if i use similar, it generates an error, but my code seems to run fine, what's
the difference?

With ws.Range("C1:C" & lastRow)
Set rngFound = .Find(What:="<", LookIn:=xlValues)
Do
If Not rngFound Is Nothing Then
rngFound.Value = Replace(Replace(rngFound.Value, "<", "-", 1), "",
_
"")
rngFound.NumberFormat = "#,##0_);[Red](#,##0.00)"
Set rngFound = .FindNext(rngFound)
End If
Loop While Not rngFound Is Nothing
End With


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Gary