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    Formula to remove unwanted characters

    I am looking for a formula that will remove any unwanted characters in a cell.

    For example i may a word or string of words with "-" , " ' " or "," in them and i would like to have these removed.

    Thanks,
    Adam.
    Last edited by adam2308; 05-12-2009 at 03:50 PM.

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    Re: Formula to remove unwanted characters

    Depending on the number of unique characters you want removed you can embed Substitutes

    =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A1,"-",""),"'",""),",","")

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    Re: Formula to remove unwanted characters

    Or you can use a UDF. Copy this to a module in your workbook:

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    List all characters you want to remove in a new table.

    =substitutelist(A1,H2:H4)

    Where A1 contains the original text string, and H2:H4 house characters that you want to remove. Change ranges to suit.
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    Jon (Excel 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013)

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    Re: Formula to remove unwanted characters

    Use CTRL+F then delete those character.

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    Re: Formula to remove unwanted characters

    If you dont want to create Function in VBA or use any formule then you can just seleact all the names and then use replace (CTRL+H) and replace these characters with ""

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