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    Find exact match

    I want to check whether a text in a cell is available in a range.

    For instance, if I search for A*B in the following range

    B*C
    A*B*C
    D*E
    F*C

    it should return me false and should not consider A*B*C.
    I used Find method with lookAt:= xlWhole but is not working. Is there any other alternative that would find the exact match?
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    Re: Find exact match

    Try this and see if it works? Replace the "cel" variable with your criteria.

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    Re: Find exact match

    Hi Dave

    This is exactly what I have written. Quite mysteriously, the xlWhole is not working.

    In the range that I had mentioned, it still finds A*B*C when I search for A*B.

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    Re: Find exact match

    I have no idea why that would not work, maybe one of the gurus can help out?

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    Re: Find exact match

    To best describe or illustrate your problem you would be better off attaching a dummy workbook, the workbook should contain the same structure and some dummy data of the same type as the type you have in your real workbook - so, if a cell contains numbers & letters in this format abc-123 then that should be reflected in the dummy workbook. Don't upload a picture when you have a workbook question. None of us is inclined to recreate your data. Upload the workbook and manually add an 'after' situation so that we can see what you expect. In addition clearly explain how you get the results..
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    Re: Find exact match

    This issue is resolved. Apparently, the problem was with * being used as a separator. Since * is a wildcard character, the search considered A*C and everything in between.

    Thanks Dave for your response.

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