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Hangerhead
Feb 07, 2022Copper Contributor
Search In option now only shows formula, not Look in Values
I recall being able to use the find/replace option and there would be the option to look in formula and also to look in values. Added to this, I would have used the ^# wildcard to search for a singl...
HansVogelaar
Feb 07, 2022MVP
1) Codes such as ^# are used in Word, not in Excel, as are options such as 'Use wildcards'.
2) The option to search in Values is only available in the Find tab of the Find and Replace dialog, not in the Replace tab.
For cells that contain a value, this won't make a difference. For cells with a formula, it is impossible to replace (part of) its value with something else - it would clash with the formula.
Excel does not have a built-in way to specify a single digit in the 'Find what' box.
- Juliano-PetrukioFeb 07, 2022Bronze Contributor
- HangerheadFeb 07, 2022Copper Contributorhi - here you are finding the explicit text ^#.
As Hans has indicated, using the wildcard searchonly works in word (where the wildcard pattern ^# = 1 single numeric character and ^#^#^# = 3 numeric characters)
I must be misremembering however, as I was so sure this wildcard search existed in excel also.- Juliano-PetrukioFeb 07, 2022Bronze ContributorI would suggest you using the most recent array formula such as FILTER() where is possible return de disired output.