VBA, search in column for specific character, extract string upto that character

Question

In a specific column, I want to search for a specific character in cells...say \"(\" or \"/\". Once this character is found in a cell, I want to extract the part from the be

Answer 1

You could use the Split() function. Here is an example:

Dim text as String
Dim splt as Variant

text = "Samsung/Dhamal"
splt = Split(text, "/")
MsgBox splt(0)

Just do the same for any other character you want to split. More on this on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/6x627e5f%28v=vs.80%29.aspx

The other (better?) alternative I see would be to use InStr() with Left(). InStr() returns the position of the first match it finds. Then you just have to crop your string. Here is an example:

Dim text as String
Dim position as Integer

text = "Samsung/Dhamal"
position = InStr(text, "/")

If position > 0 then MsgBox Left(text, position)

http://msdn.microsoft.com/fr-fr/library/8460tsh1%28v=vs.80%29.aspx