True to have double-byte characters match only double-byte characters – True or FalseĪllow searching by format. Whether to search forward (next) or backwards (previous) – constants of XlSearchDirection: xlNext, xlPrevious whether to search by rows or columns – constants of XlSearchOrder: xlByRows or xlB圜olumns Whether to search in a part of the string in a cell or whether it needs to match the entire cell string – constants of XlLookAt: xlWhole, xlPart Formulas, Values or Comments – constants of XlFindLookIn: xlValues, xlFormulas, xlComments, xlCommentsThreaded The cell range from which you start your search from To search for next items you need to follow it up with the FindNext function. The Find function returns only the first match within the Range. Executing the Find function in fact limits the search to only the cells within its Range object.īelow is the definition of the VBA Range Find function and its parameters: A VBA Range represents any subset of cells within a spreadsheet – it can be a single cell, entire row or a patchwork of different cells and other Ranges. See Microsoft documentation for more details. The VBA Find function is in fact a function of the Excel VBA Range object class.
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Now that we have a hand of the basic features of Excel in terms of word search let us move to how to use Excel VBA to find cells containing specific text.
? – the question mark represents at least 1 character.It can be injected between characters to replace either no or any number of characters. * – the asterisk symbol represents zero or many of any type of characters.See some examples below: FindĪs you might have already noticed I used 2 types of wildcards above: However there are several more interesting search combinations you can use, including usage of wildcards you can use to get more specific patterns.
See below where you can find it within the Home ribbon and Editing group.īy clicking the above or simply using the key combo CTRL+ F we can enter the Find & Replace modal window.Īs you notice above Excel easily finds 10 matches for the cells on the left. Looking to search text within VBA strings instead? See the VBA InStr and VBA InStrRev functions Find text in Excelīefore we show how to use VBA to search for text within an Excel spreadsheet let us first see how to do it Excel and explore the usually unknown features of the famous CTRL+ F combo.
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