Macro that deletes the last character in a cell
 

I have an 18,000 record database and every entry is a name with the
letter A added to the end. for example: Lastname, firstname A
. I need a macro that will open the cell, backspace the "A" out of
there, close the cell for editing, moves down one record or line and
loops back to editing the cell and removing the A. This was simple in
Lotus but I'm not a programmer and I really don't want to spend 20
hours hitting, F2, Backspace, enter. Does anyone have a simple
solution. I do know how to set up a macro in Excel but that's about it.
Thanks ...TJ

Macro that deletes the last character in a cell
 

How about this?
Sub TryThis()
Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In ActiveSheet.UsedRange
If VarType(cell) = vbString Then
cell = Left(cell, Len(cell) - 1)
End If
Next cell
End Sub
James

TJ wrote:
I have an 18,000 record database and every entry is a name with the
letter A added to the end. for example: Lastname, firstname A
. I need a macro that will open the cell, backspace the "A" out of
there, close the cell for editing, moves down one record or line and
loops back to editing the cell and removing the A. This was simple in
Lotus but I'm not a programmer and I really don't want to spend 20
hours hitting, F2, Backspace, enter. Does anyone have a simple
solution. I do know how to set up a macro in Excel but that's about it.
Thanks ...TJ

Macro that deletes the last character in a cell
 

TJ

The following assumes records start at row 2 (allowing header in row 1)
and that the names with the A on the end are in column A.

Sub Test()
For Each c in Range("A2:A" & Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row)
c.Value = Left$(c.Value,Len(c.Value)-1)
Next c
End Sub

Stick this in a standard module in the workbook containing the data
(Alt+F11 to get the VBE open, right click on the workbook name in the
Projects pane (top left) and go InsertModule and post the code in the
big white space that opens). Back in the spreadsheet, on the sheet
with the records, go ToolsMacroMacros and select Test from the list
and click Run.

Hope this helps!

Richard


TJ wrote:
I have an 18,000 record database and every entry is a name with the
letter A added to the end. for example: Lastname, firstname A
. I need a macro that will open the cell, backspace the "A" out of
there, close the cell for editing, moves down one record or line and
loops back to editing the cell and removing the A. This was simple in
Lotus but I'm not a programmer and I really don't want to spend 20
hours hitting, F2, Backspace, enter. Does anyone have a simple
solution. I do know how to set up a macro in Excel but that's about it.
Thanks ...TJ

Macro that deletes the last character in a cell
 

Richard, would you be so kind as to explain your use of the $ character
in the term Left$. It appears to be a typecasting character from my
old BASIC days. What are the implications of using the $ character
with Left at run-time? TIA, James

c.Value = Left$(c.Value,Len(c.Value)-1)

RichardSchollar wrote:
TJ

The following assumes records start at row 2 (allowing header in row 1)
and that the names with the A on the end are in column A.

Sub Test()
For Each c in Range("A2:A" & Range("A65536").End(xlUp).Row)
c.Value = Left$(c.Value,Len(c.Value)-1)
Next c
End Sub

Stick this in a standard module in the workbook containing the data
(Alt+F11 to get the VBE open, right click on the workbook name in the
Projects pane (top left) and go InsertModule and post the code in the
big white space that opens). Back in the spreadsheet, on the sheet
with the records, go ToolsMacroMacros and select Test from the list
and click Run.

Hope this helps!

Richard


TJ wrote:
I have an 18,000 record database and every entry is a name with the
letter A added to the end. for example: Lastname, firstname A
. I need a macro that will open the cell, backspace the "A" out of
there, close the cell for editing, moves down one record or line and
loops back to editing the cell and removing the A. This was simple in
Lotus but I'm not a programmer and I really don't want to spend 20
hours hitting, F2, Backspace, enter. Does anyone have a simple
solution. I do know how to set up a macro in Excel but that's about it.
Thanks ...TJ