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    Hello guys, I need your help once more:


    I have use the search and replace function in ms excel 2010 by this:

    Search for: * */

    and replacecwith: *,*/

    the problem is that I do not want to change the random data from wildcard, I only want to change this specific Space with a comma.

    So how can I do that?

    Eg the original text from A1 cell was: Al Sariah vs Al Ouahnta 15/12/2015 17:30
    I want to change it in to this: Al Sariah vs Al Ouahnta,15/12/2015 17:30

    the problem is that the name of the teams and the date is different in every cell, so I can only search with wildcard like this: * */

    Give me a formula or something like that, I can't find anything or I can not understand...

    Thanks.....

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    the formula to do this is:
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    Re: Search and replace data between wildcards

    Try this

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    Data Range
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    Al Sariah vs Al Ouahnta 15/12/2015 17:30
    Al Sariah vs Al Ouahnta, 15/12/2015 17:30
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    Re: Search and replace data between wildcards

    Quote Originally Posted by AlKey View Post
    Try this

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    Data Range
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    Al Sariah vs Al Ouahnta 15/12/2015 17:30
    Al Sariah vs Al Ouahnta, 15/12/2015 17:30
    Thank you, it works. Is it possible to explain me how to use this formula for other problems in future???

    Thank you very much.....
    Last edited by lagiosman; 12-16-2015 at 01:06 PM.

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    Re: Search and replace data between wildcards

    1. =MID(A1,FIND("/",A1)-3,11)

    this formula produce " 15/12/2015"

    2. =","&MID(A1,FIND("/",A1)-3,11)

    which will be replaced with ", 15/12/2015"

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