Find All Occurrences of string in range
'The following code finds all occurrences of a string in a given range. Just call the following function with the required parameters - string to find and range to find in. It returns a range.
Function rngFindAll(strFindWhat As String, rngFindIn As Range) As Range Dim arrOrgData Dim strBlankChar As String On Error GoTo 0 Application.EnableEvents = False Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual If rngFindIn.Cells.Count = 1 Then If strFindWhat = rngFindIn.Value Then Set rngFindAll = rngFindIn Else Set rngFindAll = Nothing End If GoTo ExitH End If strBlankChar = "A-A-AB" 'Can be anything that is unlikely to be found in the range arrOrgData = rngFindIn 'Save Range to array On Error Resume Next With rngFindIn .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks).Value = strBlankChar 'Change Blanks to other char (Temporarily) .Replace strFindWhat, vbNullString, xlWhole 'Replace the Find string with Blank If .Cells.Count = 1 Then If .Value = strFindWhat Then Set rngFindAll = rngFindIn End If Else Set rngFindAll = .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks) 'Find all blanks End If End With On Error GoTo 0 rngFindIn = arrOrgData 'Restore range from array On Error Resume Next Erase arrOrgData On Error GoTo 0 ExitH: Application.EnableEvents = True Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic End Function
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Usage example pls
An example of how to use it is much appreciated.
Example sheet attached
Dear Animas,
An example sheet has been attached for your reference.
Excel doesn't provide a way to find multiple occurrences of string in a range. This method is actually a workaround to achieve that without looping through the range. However, Excel does provide the facility to find multiple blanks in a range which has been used here as a trick. Hope you find it useful. Please note that no error handling has been used in the example code.