Find * and Replace

[mrbalaje]

In a excel spreadsheet i want to find * and replace it with "" (null). But
when i find * identifies every letter in the spreadsheet and clear my
spreadsheet. Can someone suggest me the way to acheive this.

Let say I have
1
2
*
3
4

I want to replace * from the column to blank "". Please suggest me a way.

 

[Niek Otten]

Use ~* to search

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Kind regards,

Niek Otten
Microsoft MVP - Excel

| In a excel spreadsheet i want to find * and replace it with "" (null). But
| when i find * identifies every letter in the spreadsheet and clear my
| spreadsheet. Can someone suggest me the way to acheive this.
|
| Let say I have
| 1
| 2
| *
| 3
| 4
|
| I want to replace * from the column to blank "". Please suggest me a way.

 

[CLR]

Edit > Replace > FindWhat: ~* > ReplaceWith: nothing, leave blank >
ReplaceAll

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3

 

[Mike H]

Use

~*

as your find string

Mike

 

[Dave Peterson]

Same thing with
? use ~?
* use ~*
~ use ~~

In a excel spreadsheet i want to find * and replace it with "" (null). But
when i find * identifies every letter in the spreadsheet and clear my
spreadsheet. Can someone suggest me the way to acheive this.

Let say I have
1
2
*
3
4

I want to replace * from the column to blank "". Please suggest me a way.