remove leading spaces

[harwookf]

Is there a way of automatically being able to remove leading spaces? A
number of people work on a spreadsheet and some remove the space themselves,
but others don't.
Ideally I would like it to automatically change perhaps by using a macro.

 

[Pete_UK]

You can use the TRIM function to remove leading (and trailing) spaces
- in a helper column put a formula like:

=TRIM(A1)

and copy down, assuming your values are in column A - adjust to suit.
You can fix the values and then copy over the originals. Record a
macro while you do this once, and then you can replay it again next
time you want to do this.

Hope this helps.

Pete

 

[harwookf]

Is it possible for this to happen automatically without having to click on
anything for it to work??
I already have VBA code to change the colour of cells and to capitalize
columns. Ideally I would like to just alter this to deal with the spaces.

 

[Pete_UK]

You could apply it at the same time as you capitalize each cell in the
column. Post your code if you need further advice.

Pete

 

[harwookf]

Here is my current code. Appreciate your help.

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Excel.Range)
Dim rArea As Range
Dim rCell As Range
Dim nColor As Long
Dim Rng1 As Range
Dim Rng2 As Range

Set Rng1 = Intersect(Target, Me.Range("E:E"))
Set Rng2 = Intersect(Target, Me.Range("C:C", "D"))

On Error GoTo ws_exit

'do the column E stuff
If Not (Rng1 Is Nothing) Then
For Each rCell In Rng1.Cells
Select Case rCell.Value
Case 0, 100
nColor = RGB(255, 0, 0)
Case 30
nColor = RGB(23, 178, 233)
Case 60
nColor = RGB(245, 200, 11)
Case 90
nColor = RGB(0, 255, 0)
Case Else
nColor = RGB(255, 255, 255)
End Select

If Not nColor = -1 Then
rCell.Offset(0, -4).Interior.Color = nColor
Else
rCell.Offset(0, -4).Interior.ColorIndex = _
xlColorIndexNone
End If

Next rCell
End If

'do the column B stuff
If Not (Rng2 Is Nothing) Then
Application.EnableEvents = False
For Each rCell In Rng2.Cells
With rCell
If Not .HasFormula Then
.Value = UCase(.Value)
End If
End With
Next rCell
End If

ws_exit:
Application.EnableEvents = True

End Sub

 

[Pete_UK]

Towards the end where you have:

.Value = UCase(.Value)

you can make this:

.Value = Trim(UCase(.Value))

and this should take care of the leading and trailing spaces.

Hope this helps.

Pete

 

[harwookf]

This worked perfectly. Many thanks for all your help.

 

[Pete_UK]

You're welcome - thanks for feeding back.

Pete

This worked perfectly. Many thanks for all your help.










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