So I am new to VB Macros in Excel and I swear I came across some method
called .contains where if a cell contained the string or regular
expression you were searching for it returned a boolean of True or
false if it didn't find it.

Now that I am returning to my notes I can't find it, nor can I find it
in books or on-line.

Has anyone heard of this or is there a better way to check if a cell's
contents conform to a particular pattern?

Thanks!

In VBA, go to the Tools menu, choose References, and scroll down to and
check "Microsoft VBScript Regular Expressions".


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Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com
(email address is on the web site)

"sl" wrote in message
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So I am new to VB Macros in Excel and I swear I came across some method
called .contains where if a cell contained the string or regular
expression you were searching for it returned a boolean of True or
false if it didn't find it.

Now that I am returning to my notes I can't find it, nor can I find it
in books or on-line.

Has anyone heard of this or is there a better way to check if a cell's
contents conform to a particular pattern?

Thanks!

wont the ".Value" do the same ?
"sl" wrote in message
oups.com...
So I am new to VB Macros in Excel and I swear I came across some method
called .contains where if a cell contained the string or regular
expression you were searching for it returned a boolean of True or
false if it didn't find it.

Now that I am returning to my notes I can't find it, nor can I find it
in books or on-line.

Has anyone heard of this or is there a better way to check if a cell's
contents conform to a particular pattern?

Thanks!