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Removing a row if it does not have the symbol # at the beginning

  1. 07-22-2013, 02:29 PM #1
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    Removing a row if it does not have the symbol # at the beginning

    Hi,

    I understand that the # represents a number but I have a column of ID's that start with # symbol that if any ID's do not start with the # symbol then I would like to delete that row.

    Here is what I have so far

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    Re: Removing a row if it does not have the symbol # at the beginning 

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    Re: Removing a row if it does not have the symbol # at the beginning

    There is a quite user friendly and fast macro at this place. Use <>#* as criteria
    How to paste Power Query code ( by Olly)
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    Re: Removing a row if it does not have the symbol # at the beginning

    You could also try this
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    Try replacing your If statement with this 
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    and putting the Mid statement inside of your With

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    Re: Removing a row if it does not have the symbol # at the beginning

    You could try 
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    where cell.value is the range from your ii loop, and see if that will test for the right symbol instead of your wildcard.

    Your loop is set up a bit funny though.
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    Re: Removing a row if it does not have the symbol # at the beginning

    Thank you all for your answer, I went with AB33 and it works great.
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