Insert a "|" into every cell

D

doof205

I have a huge excel spreadsheet and i need to insert a | symbol at the
start of every cell. Obviously i dont want to do this manually and it'd
be nice to edit in some way so that this | symbol is automatically
inserted.

Does anyone have any ideas how this can be done?

Thanks for any help,

Lewis.
 
M

Max

Select the range, type the symbol, then press CTRL+ENTER

should read better as:

Select the range,
click inside the formula bar and type the symbol,
then press CTRL+ENTER
 
D

doof205

Sorry, i should have explained it more clearly. I actually want to keep
the data that is in the cells but insert a | before any existing data.

eg.

data -> |data
more -> |more

I hope this can be done, and thanks for the reply.

Lewis.
 
R

Roger Govier

Hi

Then in another sheet enter in A1 of Sheet2
="|"&Sheet1!A1
Copy down and across as required.
When complete, press Ctrl-A to mark the whole sheet, Ctrl-C to copy and
with the cursor in cell A1, Paste Special>Values

Regards

Roger Govier
 
V

vezerid

In the column adjacent to the data (let us say data are in column A:A),
use the following formula in the first cell (B1 in here)
="|"&A1

HTH
Kostis Vezerides
 
J

Jim May

Roger, I tried this VBA solution but get R/T 424 on line 4 (Object
required)..
I don't understand (this type thing happens all too often - as obviously I
haven't begun to understand this mysterious
"Excel Object Model" beast. grrrrrrrrr

Sub Test()
Rng = Selection
For Each C In Rng
C.Value = "|" & C.Value
Next C
End Sub
 
D

Dave Peterson

Since Rng is an object -- not a simple variable like an integer or string, you
have to use Set:

Option Explicit
Sub Test()
Dim Rng As Range
Dim C As Range
Set Rng = Selection
For Each C In Rng
C.Value = "|" & C.Value
Next C
End Sub

(And better to declare your variables, too.)
 
E

ewan7279

Hi Jim,

I too am pretty novice at this VBA lark, but I think you have declared Rng
as a variable of a Selection object. I don't think Selection exists as a VBA
object(?)

Ewan.
 
D

doof205

Well. i didn't understand half of this thread but what i did understand
helped me to stick the |'s in.

Thanks for your replies.
 
J

Jim May

Dave:
Thanks for the explanation; I think I actually understand something now,
that I didn't before!! Halleluhah!!!
Jim
 
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