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How can I build a formula (or a macro) to verify the contents of a column (A:A) of text contains only these allowable characters?
Thanks!
How can I build a formula (or a macro) to verify the contents of a column (A:A) of text contains only these allowable characters?
Thanks!
Here is a function that returns TRUE if the string is valid or false if it has an invalid character. The trick that I had to look up was that the hyphen (minus sign) had to be at the end or beginning of the pattern so as not to be confused with defining a range.
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Works like a charm thank you!! Crazy about the dash needing to be at the end too!
Another way:
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