need help replacing string with "."

[Arain]

i used a macro to replace the "." but can someone tell me how to replace
"."and the text following the period. i mean when ever it hits a period it
should delete everything thats after the "."
Public Sub Tester()
Dim WB As Workbook
Dim SH As Worksheet
Dim rng As Range
Dim rCell As Range

Set WB = Workbooks("MasterList.xls")
Set SH = WB.Sheets("VT Masterlist") '
Set rng = SH.Range("A:A")


For Each rCell In rng.Cells
With rCell
If Not IsEmpty(.Value) Then
.Replace What:=".", Replacement:=""
End If
End With
Next rCell

End Sub

 

[Bob Phillips]

For Each rcell In rng.Cells
With rcell
ipos = InStr(rcell.Value, ".")
If ipos > 0 Then
rcell.Value = Left(rcell.Value, ipos - 1)
End If
End With
Next rcell


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HTH

Bob Phillips

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[jchen]

I am going with the bulky approach. God, your code is so compact.

I will do:
Dim temp
temp = Slip(ActiveCell.FormulaC1R1, ".")
ActiveCell.FormulaC1R1 = temp(0)


This simply set the formula to anything that's before the "."

 

[Arain]

Thank you guys great help

I am going with the bulky approach. God, your code is so compact.

I will do:
Dim temp
temp = Slip(ActiveCell.FormulaC1R1, ".")
ActiveCell.FormulaC1R1 = temp(0)


This simply set the formula to anything that's before the "."

 

[Dave Peterson]

Another way...

If you select column A and do
edit|replace
what: *. (asterisk, dot)
with: (leave blank)
replace all

You can get all of the cells in one fell swoop.

In code:

sh.Range("A:A").Replace What:=".*", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False

 

[Dave Peterson]

That first routine removed the dot and everything following it. If you wanted
to keep the period:

SH.Range("a:a").Replace What:=".*", Replacement:=".", LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False