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    Find and replace words with a wildcard

    Hi I am researching how to find and replace text in a sheet. I have this code but it is just like using the find and replace function in Excel, which is quite redundant. Is there anyway I can set a wildcard to search for pieces of a word and replace it with the word I want. I have a sample worksheet here and I want to replace the instances of "b,mena", "b.mena" and "bmena" with "Ballymena"

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    What happens if you include wildcards in what you enter in the first inputbox?
    If posting code please use code tags, see here.

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    Re: Find and replace words with a wildcard

    Why not use Ctrl+H
    Find what *mena
    Replace with ballymena

    Click "Replace All"

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    Re: Find and replace words with a wildcard

    I didn't know you could do that within the find and replace function. I'm just a cog in the wheel guys, I get asked to do something and I try and do it for the others in my department. Thanks for the help guys

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    Re: Find and replace words with a wildcard

    You can use wildcards in the Find and Replace function.
    Just remember that to search for a wildcard ( like *) you should look for ~*

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