Scrubbing a worksheet

cuetipper

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So this seems it should be simple but i cant get it.
I want to remove all non alpha charectors from a spreadsheet but not the spaces, which is where i am getting issues.

So if I had [ "bob's Number*1 ten." ] the results would be [ bobs number1 ten ].


Any ideas?

Thanks.
 

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Re: Scrubbing a wporksheet

try this

Code:
Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
'
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveSheet
    Cells.Replace What:="""", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder _
        :=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
    Cells.Replace What:="'", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:= _
        xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
    Cells.Replace What:=".", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:= _
        xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
    Cells.Replace What:="~*", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder _
        :=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
        End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub

the tricky one is * where you have to preface with ~
 
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Re: Scrubbing a wporksheet

Here's a function that will only return alpha characters and space. If you want to include numbers as well, that can be added to the criteria if you want.
Code:
Function AlphaOnly(vTx As Range) As String
'
' Macro1 Macro
'
vIn = vTx.Value
vOut = ""
For i = 1 To Len(vIn)
    If (Mid(vIn, i, 1) >= "A" And Mid(vIn, i, 1) <= "Z") Or (Mid(vIn, i, 1) >= "a" And Mid(vIn, i, 1) <= "z") Or Mid(vIn, i, 1) = " " Then
        vOut = vOut & Mid(vIn, i, 1)
    End If
Next
AlphaOnly = vOut
'
End Function
 
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Re: Scrubbing a wporksheet

mole999, thanks. But that deleted all my data.


Gr00007, how do I run the funtion?
 
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Re: Scrubbing a wporksheet

Use in an empty cell where X2 is the cell you want scrubbed:
=AlphaOnly(X2)
You can then copy it down.
The function needs to be in the workbook you're using, OR if you have a repository for functions or whatever in another workbook you could use the Insert Function on the Formulas tab, select user functions, and you should find it.
 
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