vba - using activesheet find method

[pelegk2]

i used the code

 Sheet15.Activate
    Set R = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:A" & rows)
    intRow = R.Find(What:=lsfind, After:=R.Cells(1), LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
           LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
        MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Row

where lsfind is the string to find.
the problem is, that if i have a cell with a value "abcdsfgg"
and i look "abc", it gives me that value back, while i want to find is an exact match (a cell with only "abc")
how do i do that?
Thanks
Peleg

 

[VoG]

Try

Sheet15.Activate
    Set R = ActiveSheet.Range("A1:A" & Rows)
    intRow = R.Find(What:=lsfind, After:=R.Cells(1), LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
           LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
        MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Row

 

[pelegk2]

Thanks!
where can i read more about each of the option's of the find method, and there use?

 

[VoG]

From the Help (Excel 2000)

Syntax
expression.Find(What, After, LookIn, LookAt, SearchOrder, SearchDirection, MatchCase, MatchByte)
expression Required. An expression that returns a Range object.
What Required Variant. The data to search for. Can be a string or any Microsoft Excel data type.
After Optional Variant. The cell after which you want the search to begin. This corresponds to the position of the active cell when a search is done from the user interface. Note that After must be a single cell in the range. Remember that the search begins after this cell; the specified cell isn’t searched until the method wraps back around to this cell. If you don’t specify this argument, the search starts after the cell in the upper-left corner of the range.
LookIn Optional Variant. Can be one of the following XlFindLookIn constants: xlFormulas, xlValues, or xlComments.
LookAt Optional Variant. Can be one of the following XlLookAt constants: xlPart or xlWhole.
SearchOrder Optional Variant. Can be one of the following XlSearchOrder constants: xlByColumns or xlByRows.
SearchDirection Optional Variant. Can be one of the following XlSearchDirection constants: xlNext or xlPrevious. The default constant is xlNext.
MatchCase Optional Variant. True to make the search case sensitive. The default value is False.
MatchByte Optional Variant. Used only if you’ve selected or installed double-byte language support. True to have double-byte characters match only double-byte characters. False to have double-byte characters match their single-byte equivalents.
Remarks
The settings for LookIn, LookAt, SearchOrder, and MatchByte are saved each time you use this method. If you don’t specify values for these arguments the next time you call the method, the saved values are used. Setting these arguments changes the settings in the Find dialog box, and changing the settings in the Find dialog box changes the saved values that are used if you omit the arguments. To avoid problems, set these arguments explicitly each time you use this method.
You can use the FindNext and FindPrevious methods to repeat the search.
When the search reaches the end of the specified search range, it wraps around to the beginning of the range. To stop a search when this wraparound occurs, save the address of the first found cell, and then test each successive found-cell address against this saved address.
To find cells that match more complicated patterns, use a For Each...Next statement with the Like operator. For example, the following code searches for all cells in the range A1:C5 that use a font whose name starts with the letters "Cour". When Microsoft Excel finds a match, it changes the font to Times New Roman.

<code>For Each c In [A1:C5]
If c.Font.Name Like "Cour*" Then
c.Font.Name = "Times New Roman"
End If
Next

</code></pre>

 

[pelegk2]

Thanks!