john
12/19/2006 9:16:00 PM
On 19 Dec 2006 13:03:59 -0800, "TJ" <terry.jackson2@nashville.gov>
wrote:
>I have an 18,000 record database and every entry is a name with the
>letter A added to the end. for example: Lastname, firstname A
> . I need a macro that will open the cell, backspace the "A" out of
>there, close the cell for editing, moves down one record or line and
>loops back to editing the cell and removing the A. This was simple in
>Lotus but I'm not a programmer and I really don't want to spend 20
>hours hitting, F2, Backspace, enter. Does anyone have a simple
>solution. I do know how to set up a macro in Excel but that's about it.
>Thanks ...TJ
Rather than use a macro, I'd just do something like this:
Assuming cell A1 is
Jones,BobA
off to the right somewhere put
=LEFT(A1,LEN(A1)-1)
This will drop the last character in the cell.
Then copy down the column as needed, then copy it all and paste
special values over the original data and delete the new column.
John