Cells Containing 3 Or More Repetative Characters
Mar 28, 2007
I've looked through some of the archieves and couldn't find anything like my request.
I need help filtering through 3+ columns (it varies) of data and look for strings of data that have 3 or more repetative characters or sets of repetative characters.
eee
boook
bbbbbbb
Mi...ke
111222
123###789
jpppp@myemail.com
Excelll
If this is possible, can it go one step further and do the same for:
ababab
ckckck
F&F&F&
121212
Jkjkjk
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Nov 5, 2008
I want to use the SumIf function to sum cells when other cells begin with certain characters.
I've toyed with a few ideas of how this could work, but i don't know how to specify that the cells need to begin with certain characters. The cells that would be the criteria and the ones that would be summed come out of an Oracle database (and i have no control over the way they're pulled out - yet) so the beginning characters are connected to extremely unique information, so i dont want that to be included in the if part, for obvious reasons.
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Jan 18, 2010
I have some text that I need to format, at the moment it looks like this:
[note name="Person A" label="0"[Person A's information]/note]
[note name="Person B" label="0"[Person B's information]/note]
etc
I would like to extract the Name (Person A) and the actual note itself (Person A's information) into two columns. I tried using "Text to Columns" as I have in the past, but there is a problem. Many of the information fields contain hundreds of characters, with the largest being ~2500 characters. The text to columns works does its job but cuts out a lot of data (anything over 255 characters).
I'm using MS Excel 2000
The text contained HTML codes, so they have not appeared correctly I have replaced with []
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Apr 18, 2008
I have a spreadsheet with approx 1000 rows of data. One column contains ledger codes that can be up to 9 characters. I need the column to only show the first 5 characters.
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Sep 8, 2009
I have a column of about 3000 numbers that need to be converted to bar codes. In order for the codes to work, I need to place a set of parentheses "()" around each number in the column. Do I need to do this by hand, or is there a function/script for this? Using Excel 2003
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Jan 24, 2014
There are three questions in Comment boxes in the file. The bottom line is that the final item name in column F can only be 50 characters long including spaces. As I am entering the information in columns B,C & D it would be great to be able to see the numbers of spaces I have left to enter characters in column H without having to hit "Return" and leave the cell.
The first question may need a Macro so excuse me that it is included in the Formula section.
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Aug 4, 2009
I have recently purchased a new GPS for my fishing boat. I am trying to transfer my old coordinates from one unit to the other. I am using a .csv file to achieve this. Can some kind please let me know (and possibly tell me) if there is way to insert characters and spaces in to multiple cells. I have over 800 individual coordinates to modify to the new gps and this would take a long time to achieve individually.
I need to replace this: 12.34.567 to this: 12 34.567 N
and this: -1.23456 to this: 001 23.456 W
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Jul 3, 2012
Cells in the range of BG8:BP8 either have a "W" or an "L" in them. I want to have cell BO9 display the total number of Ws and cell BP9 to display the total number of Ls.
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Feb 10, 2009
I need to remove the last 2 digits from a cell that maybe different lengths. For example:
PL26 7QS
ST20 0AW
LE4 8LF
PE30 3WH
CF31 3AY
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Sep 28, 2006
Column A in Excel has loads of numbers all in this format 971-417. I need to have each of those two numbers in a separate cell from each other(and without the hyphen of course).
Column A Needs to be: Column A Column B
971-417 971 417
In short, I'm looking for a quick way to put each number in its own cell for hundreds of rows. Are there formulas I can use to do this or does it have to be done slowly, one at a time, stripping the information from one cell to another?
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Oct 10, 2007
I am trying to write a macro that will go through each cell in a column with the following format "| 12- 4" or "| 60-11" and will remove the first to character "| ".
There numbers are lengths, the first being feet the second inches. I would like to achieve in a separate column the numerical length (with decimals) multiplied by 1%. My code is as follows I just need help on the conversion.
Sub newLength()
Dim LR, lrow As Integer
Dim feet, inches, Line As Double
LR = Range("B65536").End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Row
For lrow = LR To 2 Step -1
If Cells(lrow, "D") <> Cells(lrow - 1, "D") Then
Rows(lrow).Insert Shift:=xlDown
End If
feet = Left(Cells(lrow, "E").Value, 4)
inches = Right(Cells(lrow, "E").Value, 2) / 12 'I need to debug this line, but I suspect there is more I need to do.
Cells(lrow, "F") = feet + inches
Next lrow
End Sub
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Feb 22, 2008
I need a formula that will turn a cell green if either A*, A, B or C is in it.
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Jun 17, 2008
i deal with column that has client initials, date of birth and gender, in this format t-b-23/05/72-f however i want to remove the initials and gender(i.e. f or m on the left) and - so that only date of birth remains in same column.
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May 30, 2014
If I have 5 names like apple, boy, cat, dog, energy
and if i enter a in a cell it should output apple in the same cell.
example: (=IF(A1="a",A1=apple,0))
How to do this?
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Jun 11, 2009
my values within column A are separated by a dash. I'd like column B to continuously copy column A with the exception of the characters after the dash. example:
____A_____________B
12345-456_______12345
22456-333_______22456
1553665-45______15553665
How can I format cell B to constantly reproduce this result?
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Oct 12, 2009
I've had a quick look at past posts and there is plenty on splitting cells but I haven't been able to find anything to help me with the following:
I've pulled address details from a database which have populated into a single field with each line separated by 2 'square' characters. I need to split each line into a separate cell for a mail merge. I've seen these characters before and always assumed they represent a space or 'return' and I believe is an ASCII character?
If I select a cursor in the cell the lines drop as they should with 1 square character left at the end of each line and it stays this way when I leave the cell.
I've tried CLEAN & TRIM functions; the first removes the characters, the second doesn't recognise the character at all. The most promising seems the 'Text to Columns' function, setting it as a delimited string, but I don't seem to be able to enter this particular character as the delimiter under the 'other' option.
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Jul 26, 2012
Basically, looking at the range E6:L19 I need to ensure that any data that is entered into any of these cells ends in either H or W, and if it doesn't flags up a warning message (which I am hoping to link in with the Worksheet_SelectionChange event)
I'm managing it for one cell, but not a whole range.
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Dec 20, 2007
I have a worksheet with a list of ID Numbers:
for example:
A1001
A1002
A1003
:
etc,
I purchased the book from Mr.Excel and got it last week called VBA and Macros for Microsoft Excel. I can't seem to find the code for macros to search through the cells and then either change the cell colour to highlight the cells that contains an alphabetical character. I am trying to remove all the characters in the cells so only the numbers are left over.
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Aug 6, 2009
I'm having the following little problem, and i'm hoping that
someone here can help me solve it.
I have a number of rows containing data starting at row 1.
I already made VBA code which finds the last row containing data.
That row number is stored in the variable "LastRowWithData".
What i want to do now is the following.
In column B (in row 1 to the row number stored in "LastRowWithData"),
there are long code's which all have to be checked for unwanted characters.
Some of these unwanted characters are the "I" and "O" characters both in
upper case and lower case.
If these characters are found a messagebox has to appear, saying something
like "Illegal character found in cell ____".
If more than one cell containing unwanted characters are found, either more
messageboxes with the cell coordinates have to be displayed or one messagebox
displaying all the cell coordinates in which the unwanted characters are found.
Im planning to use a while - wend statement to check all cells for unwanted
characters. (While ActiveCell.Row LastRowWithData)
Is there a simple way to do this in (Excel 2003) VBA ?
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Nov 4, 2009
I want to accept a string, well typically a name say "Manik" from one of the cells in Excel say "B2"; then split it as characters M a n i k and display it in five other cells like say from D2:D6. how can I do it? Also the name may change its not a fixed string.
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May 31, 2006
I am using Excel 2002 SP3. I have a multiple worksheet workbook and am using links between some cells so as to keep the updating down to a minimum. Typically I can enter [code]=' Storage '!E70[code] to transfer the contents of one cell in the ' Storage ' worksheet to the cell I want the data in and I get the value of that worksheet/cell. But sometimes all I get is the data I entered: ie ='Storage '!E70. Is there some for cell format problem that prevents this from happening?
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Jul 28, 2007
I'm trying to merge two cells, But i want the second cell to be merged without the last 6 characters, im joining a file, wich is easy to understand. =(A2 & " " & A3) I want A3 without the last 6 digits, I know i have to use the RIGHT function but how so??
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Sep 14, 2007
it is possible to create a character count in certain cells? I wish to create a worksheet that others can fill in but some cells must have a character count or restriction. It is similar to this - http://javascript.internet.com/forms...r-counter.html
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Jan 17, 2012
Is there an Excel formula to remove the spacebar + characters in red, as shown below? I need to be left with only the last name, first name and the semicolon.
Mouse, Mickey ;
Microsoft Outlook has changed the way that email addresses from the global addressbook copy and paste (from version 2003 to version 2010).
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Jul 2, 2014
As I know we can use curly braces if the same cell contains multiple characters. e.g. A1={"XY","WZ","YY"}
How about if multiple cells contains the same characters?
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Dec 10, 2013
The following code works fine to determine if a particular character occurs within the selected range of cells:
Code:
Sub CheckIfCharacterIncluded()
For Each MyCell In Selection
If InStr(MyCell.Formula, "#") Then
MsgBox ("The " & "#" & " character was found in cell: " & MyCell.Address & " at position " & InStr(MyCell.Formula, "#"))
End If
Next
End Sub
However, I would like to extend this functionality to check for multiple characters, using some sort of array that contains all the characters I want to check for e.g. "#","*","£" and so on, without having to repeat the above code for each character for which I need to check.
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Oct 5, 2008
I have a column of values of peoples initials and I want to cound how many times one persons initials occur in those cells. I can do this if the cells just contain one person i.e. "CH" or "DH" but if the cell has two or more peoples initials i.e. "CD DH" I can't do it as it only matches the exact search criteria.
How can I total the numebr of times a required set of initials appears in a specific column of cells? Not bothered is it requires a macro or a formulae, just can't seem to figure this one out.
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Apr 10, 2009
I just recently switched to Excel 2007 and am not that familiar with the program.
I have a question that has 3 components.
I have alot of data in Column A that has many blank cells.
I performed several searches and have still not been able to remove them.
This particular method worked if I was selecting a small amount of data
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Yet when I use with the entire list I get the error "selection is too large".
What I basically want to do is take the data that I have gathered and transpose it so I can save as a csv file and import in to my contact manager.
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Sep 9, 2006
I have a spreadsheet, a small section attached. There are near 20000 rows at present. I need to count the number of characters in B1 excluding any hyphen in b1. If a hyphen occurs in b on its own,the count is zero.If b cell is blank,i need a count of all characters in A.I need a formula I can autofill down.The count column is c and I have completed it manually to show what I mean.
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Nov 27, 2006
I am using (in Column "B") the formula: =IF(A2=A3."",1), copied down as required, to uniquely identify entries in Column "A". In this instance "10", "10A", "10B" and "10C" located in "A5" through "A11" are viewed as the same. Is it possible to have the formula recognize the enties in "A5:A11" as a unique entry and therfore have "1" entered into cell "B11"? The suffix, if used will always be A thorugh Z.
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