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  1. 01-21-2014, 11:00 AM #1
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    VBA removing special characters

    I want to write a macro that will remove the special characters from column A and move the results to column B. Below is my task and my expected results in red:

    Task Result
    &Tim Tim
    Lance**^ Lance
    Amory Amory
    Edy Edy
    Frank Frank
    Jack$!^ Jack
    Mary 4* Mary 4
    Matt!@ Matt
    Sindy%^ Sindy
    Saddy%is Saddyis

    The result of what I wanted is in red.
    I have started it but a bit confused. Below is my code so far. Please note that the data is more than 200 rows. I will appreciate it if someone helps me out. Thanks in advance for your time. 

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    Re: VBA removing special characters

    Your examples all show the special characters either at the beginning or end of the string. Is that always true? If so you can use this change:

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    Re: VBA removing special characters

    This seems to do what you want...
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    Usage:
    B1: =CleanChars(A1)

    Is that something you can work with?
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    Re: VBA removing special characters

    @6StringJazzer :The special characters appear both within the text, beginning and the end also. Is there a way I can modify the code to take care of that? I tried to put your piece of code but not getting any results in column B. Is there a way to modify my code?

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    Re: VBA removing special characters

    @Ron Coderre:
    Thanks a lot it works great with the functions. I appreciate it a lot. You guys Rock!!
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    Re: VBA removing special characters

    Try this:
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    Re: VBA removing special characters

    @Ron Coderre: Perfect!!!! That's exactly what I needed!!!!!!
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