I am trying to figure out how to use the power of Word's Find and Replace to search inside of string variables and then replace the found sequence with something else or in some cases to remove the found item from the variable. I assumed that the following example code would work, in this case I thought it would find 5 numerical digits inside the string variable sSample and remove them but it doesn't seem to work
Sub Macro2() ' ' Macro2 Macro ' ' sSample = "aaaaaa43215aaaaaaaa" sSampleReplaceString = "[0-9]{5}" Selection.Find.Replacement.ClearFormatting With sSample.Find .Text = sSampleReplaceString .Replacement.Text = "" .MatchWildcards = True End With Selection.Find.Execute End Sub Can anyone tell me if what I am trying to do is possible. I would prefer to not have to first have to add the variable to the document and then find it separately and replace it from there. Thank you for your help. -- Are you =EXP(E:RT) or =NOT(EXP(E:RT)) in Excel? And do you wanna be? It’s =TIME(2,DO:IT,N:OW) ! Join official Facebook page of this forum @ https://www.facebook.com/discussexcel FORUM RULES 1) Use concise, accurate thread titles. Poor thread titles, like Please Help, Urgent, Need Help, Formula Problem, Code Problem, and Need Advice will not get quick attention or may not be answered. 2) Don't post a question in the thread of another member. 3) Don't post questions regarding breaking or bypassing any security measure. 4) Acknowledge the responses you receive, good or bad. 5) Jobs posting is not allowed. 6) Sharing copyrighted material and their links is not allowed. NOTE : Don't ever post confidential data in a workbook. Forum owners and members are not responsible for any loss. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to excel-macros+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to excel-macros@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/excel-macros. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.