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    How to check if there is "###" in excel?

    The number will appear as "###" if there is no sufficient column width.
    How to check if there is "###" in excel?

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    Re: How to check if there is "###" in excel?

    Look at it.

    There is no way to distinguish longer numbers from shorter ones, but if you select all columns and double-click the divider between two of the column letters at the top, Excel will widen all columns to cope. You could record a macro to do this.
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    Re: How to check if there is "###" in excel?

    You could maybe add a helper to test for LEN() of the cell contents compared to column width, but that can also get messy
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    Re: How to check if there is "###" in excel?

    Thanks AliGW and Fdibbins for suggestion.

    The VBA below can check whether there is ### at column K:
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    Re: How to check if there is "###" in excel?

    Well done!

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