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David28
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Sep 20, 2021
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Find in Excel using special characters

Hi, I am to search an excel spreadsheet for a series of ID's. these IDs are alphanumeric. In MS Word, I used the ^$^$^$^#^#^# for ABC123. Is there something similar to use for similar searches in Ex...
  • HansVogelaar's avatar
    Sep 20, 2021

    David28 

    Excel does not have built-in support for this - it only allows for simple wildcards * and ? in searches.

    You could use VBA, but that will be much slower.

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