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Haw to count ";" in a string
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Haw do i count number of ; in my string z im using this : z = "bla;bla;bla;bla" x = Len(z) - Len(Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(z, ";", "")) is there a VBA command for this or is my way the only way ? tks. in advance |
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Haw to count ";" in a string
z = "bla;bla;bla;bla"
MsgBox Len(z) - Len(Replace(z, ";", "")) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "excelent" wrote: Hi experts Haw do i count number of ; in my string z im using this : z = "bla;bla;bla;bla" x = Len(z) - Len(Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(z, ";", "")) is there a VBA command for this or is my way the only way ? tks. in advance |
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Haw to count ";" in a string
oh ok but thats fine too
tanks alot Jacob "Jacob Skaria" skrev: z = "bla;bla;bla;bla" MsgBox Len(z) - Len(Replace(z, ";", "")) If this post helps click Yes --------------- Jacob Skaria "excelent" wrote: Hi experts Haw do i count number of ; in my string z im using this : z = "bla;bla;bla;bla" x = Len(z) - Len(Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(z, ";", "")) is there a VBA command for this or is my way the only way ? tks. in advance |
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Haw to count ";" in a string
On Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:48:01 -0700, excelent
wrote: Hi experts Haw do i count number of ; in my string z im using this : z = "bla;bla;bla;bla" x = Len(z) - Len(Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(z, ";", "")) is there a VBA command for this or is my way the only way ? tks. in advance I don't know if this is any "better", but it is shorter: UBound(Split(z, ";")) --ron |
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Haw to count ";" in a string
Haw do i count number of ; in my string z
im using this : z = "bla;bla;bla;bla" x = Len(z) - Len(Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(z, ";", "")) is there a VBA command for this or is my way the only way ? tks. in advance I don't know if this is any "better", but it is shorter: UBound(Split(z, ";")) The Len method is more efficient than the Split method, but that would only factor in if this code was being executed in a very large loop where the time differences would accumulate. I tend to use this Split method for these kinds of things as long as I am not involved in a large loop. -- Rick (MVP - Excel) |
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