Searching for "?"

[Bill Ridgeway]

It seems that Excel is unable to find the character ?. It stops at every
cell.

Are there any other characters which it can't find and, more importantly how
can Excel be persuaded to search for "?" ?

Thanks.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

[Niek Otten]

Search for "~?"

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel


"Bill Ridgeway" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> It seems that Excel is unable to find the character ?. It stops at every
> cell.
>
> Are there any other characters which it can't find and, more importantly
> how can Excel be persuaded to search for "?" ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Ridgeway
> Computer Solutions
>
>

[Bill Ridgeway]

Niek,

Many thanks for that. But why should I know that to search for "?" I must
type in "~?". (Are there any others like this?) It seems most illogical
and counter intuitive. Is there a valid reason for this or is this another
example of Microsoft being inconsistent? (Why click on start when you want
to turn off the computer? rhetoric.)

Regards.

Bill Ridgeway
Computer Solutions

"Niek Otten" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Search for "~?"
>
> --
> Kind regards,
>
> Niek Otten
>
> Microsoft MVP - Excel
>
>
> "Bill Ridgeway" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> It seems that Excel is unable to find the character ?. It stops at every
>> cell.
>>
>> Are there any other characters which it can't find and, more importantly
>> how can Excel be persuaded to search for "?" ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Bill Ridgeway
>> Computer Solutions
>>
>>
>
>

[Niek Otten]

From HELP:

You can use wildcard characters such as an asterisk (*) or a question mark
(?) in your search criteria:



Use the asterisk to find any string of characters. For example, s*d finds
"sad" and "started".

Use the question mark to find any single character. For example, s?t finds
"sat" and "set".

Note You can find asterisks, question marks, and tilde characters (~) in
worksheet data by preceding them with a tilde character in the Find what
box. For example, to find data that contains "?", you would type ~? as your
search criteria.


--
Kind regards,

Niek Otten

Microsoft MVP - Excel



"Bill Ridgeway" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Niek,
>
> Many thanks for that. But why should I know that to search for "?" I must
> type in "~?". (Are there any others like this?) It seems most illogical
> and counter intuitive. Is there a valid reason for this or is this
> another example of Microsoft being inconsistent? (Why click on start when
> you want to turn off the computer? rhetoric.)
>
> Regards.
>
> Bill Ridgeway
> Computer Solutions
>
> "Niek Otten" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> Search for "~?"
>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Niek Otten
>>
>> Microsoft MVP - Excel
>>
>>
>> "Bill Ridgeway" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>> It seems that Excel is unable to find the character ?. It stops at
>>> every cell.
>>>
>>> Are there any other characters which it can't find and, more importantly
>>> how can Excel be persuaded to search for "?" ?
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Bill Ridgeway
>>> Computer Solutions
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>