Formula for detecting a certain pattern in a particular row or column?

[jacky.newsgroup]

Hi,

I wonder if there's a formula for detecting a certain pattern in a
particular row or column?

Any of the cells within the range of "start", and "end" would trigger
"do XXX"


Presudo code would be:

If I can see "X" in range(start, end) Then
do XXX
Else
do OOO
End If


Thanks,
Jacky

 

[Guest]

Dim rStart as Range, rEnd as Range
Set rStart = Range("A1")
Set rEnd = rStart.Specialcells(xlLast)
If Application.countif(range(rstart, rend),"X") > 0 Then
XXX
Else
OOO
End If

if X is a substring

If Application.countif(range(rstart, rend),"*X*") > 0 Then

Assumes XXX and OOO are the names of macros in the same module

 

[jacky.newsgroup]

Dim rStart as Range, rEnd as Range
Set rStart = Range("A1")
Set rEnd = rStart.Specialcells(xlLast)
If Application.countif(range(rstart, rend),"X") > 0 Then
XXX
Else
OOO
End If

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the code. I am using Excel 2000, where do I type all these
code in? Currently, I am using short codes in the cells like "=
+COUNTIF(E18:IV101, "O")"