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I have a cell with a value of example ....A46734
ie first postion is a Charcter and next there are 5 numericals
ie need to validate all values for this cells to fit above pattern and then do something if they do else reject if dont .
how is this easily done in VBA.
does any one know of a function.
i need to know how to check for this pattern and return true or false if doesnt fit pattern
 

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You can use the VBA Like Operator to test for a pattern. Here is a UDF:

Code: 
Function IsLike(Txt As String, Pattern As String) As Boolean
    If Txt Like Pattern Then IsLike = True Else IsLike = False
End Function

Your pattern would be "[A-Z]#####". You could use the function in a cell like this:

=IsLike(A1,"[A-Z]#####")

or you could use a cell containing the pattern (no quotes) like this:

=IsLike(A1,$B$1)

where B1 contains the pattern.
 
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