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Function to remove non-alphanumeric characters from an Excel spreadsheet

The below function, posted here, will remove all non-alphanumeric characters from a cell:



Function RemoveNonAlpha(str As String) As String

Dim ch, bytes() As Byte: bytes = str

For Each ch In bytes

If Chr(ch) Like "[A-Z.a-z 0-9]" Then RemoveNonAlpha = RemoveNonAlpha & Chr(ch)

Next ch

End Function




Line breaks get removed too!

Sean O'Shea has more than 20 years of experience in the litigation support field with major law firms in New York and San Francisco.   He is an ACEDS Certified eDiscovery Specialist and a Relativity Certified Administrator.

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