chr(42) to replace

[mostakimm]

Sub TrimALL()
'David McRitchie 2000-07-03 mod 2000-08-16 join.htm
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Dim cell As Range
'Also Treat CHR 0160, as a space (CHR 032)
Selection.Replace What:=Chr(160), Replacement:=Chr(32), _
LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False
'Trim in Excel removes extra internal spaces, VBA does not
On Error Resume Next 'in case no text cells in selection
For Each cell In Intersect(Selection, _
Selection.SpecialCells(xlConstants, xlTextValues))
cell.Value = Application.Trim(cell.Value)
Next cell
On Error GoTo 0
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

This is a great code, but when i replace chr(160) with chr(42) whic
represents * , every thing is deleted. and regular replace in exce
dose not do the job.

How can i delet * from 03-08-10* , and it is a text cell.

Any help please, thank you all in advance.
Marwa

 

[Peo Sjoblom]

Since * is a wildcard you need to precede it with a tilde ~*
you don't need a macro for that, just press ctrl + h and in the find what
box put ~* and in the replace box put whatever you want to replace with
or you can edit the macro and use

Selection.Replace What:="~*", Replacement:=Chr(32),_



for that part

 

[mostakimm]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you;

 

[Dave Peterson]

Change
What:=Chr(160)
to
What:=Chr(42)

And rerun the macro???

Chr(32) is the space character. Is that what you want it replaced with?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Do not use this!

(I didn't notice that chr(42) was the asterisk!)