remove blank space and set number of characters in cell

[jek40]

When I download a file there is a space at the beginning of the text.
I am using the code below to remove the blank space.
The length of the text will always be 5 characters.

How can I protectect against the macro being run a second time and removing an additional character?

Sub RemoveSpaceAtFront()
Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In Range("a5:a36")
If Not IsEmpty(cell) Then cell.Value = Right(cell, Len(cell) - 1)
Next cell
End Sub

Thanks,

John

 

[btadams]

Use the Trim function, which removes leading or trailing spaces only. If the macro is run again it will not change anything.

Sub RemoveSpaceAtFront()
Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In Range("a5:a36")
If Not IsEmpty(cell) Then cell.Value = Trim(cell)
Next cell
End Sub

 

[jek40]

Thanks but for some reason the trim function doesnt work in this case, However the code I posted earlier does work.

Thanks

 

[btadams]

Maybe it's not really a space character. You could check it out using the code below and then use the Replace function instead of the Trim function, replace whatever character it is with a null string "".

Sub GetChar()

    For i = 1 To Len(ActiveCell.Value)
        Char = Mid(ActiveCell.Value, i, 1)
        MsgBox AscW(Char)
    Next i

End Sub

Or since you say the length is always 5 you could check the length of the string in each cell:

Sub RemoveSpaceAtFront()
Dim cell As Range
    For Each cell In Range("a5:a36")
    If Not IsEmpty(cell) Then
        If Len(cell.Value) <> 5 Then cell.Value = Right(cell, Len(cell) - 1)
    End If
    Next cell
End Sub

 

[jek40]

Thank you. Works great

John

 

[phive_]

Saved me serious time

Just wanted to reply that the code posted by btadams worked like a charm for removing the space (spaces) at the start and end of my text strings.

Thank you!

The snipet I used:

Sub RemoveSpace()
Dim cell As Range
For Each cell In Range("a5:a36")
    If Not IsEmpty(cell) Then cell.Value = Trim(cell)
Next cell
End Sub