Comments on: Replace97

By: Thomas G.

Thomas G. — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:33:00 +0000

You just never know the effect you have…
I used the curent Replace function in a cross-platform Excel solution (version 2003 -2007) and it threw an error in the Mac version. After some reading and determinig that the VBA engine in Excel:Mac uses the 97 VBA engine I was starting to think I would have to re-create the function. Fortunately finding your solution saved me that time. So even though you wrote the function over four years ago you can take comfort in the fact that your code is still making an impact today…THANKS!!!

By: Greg S

Greg S — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 00:47:00 +0000

You are my savior. The replacing of the single ampersand to double was KILLING me. Thanks for the function.

When we upgrade above Excel 97, will this still be needed, or is a Replace function accepted in these later versions?

By: Neil Elder

Neil Elder — Tue, 07 Sep 2004 21:46:00 +0000

The function fails on an Office 97 box on compilation.
The error returned suggests the type 'VbCompareMethod' or value vbBinaryCompareis not supported.

Any idea why?
I am calling the function from a macro in Excel 97

By: Juan Pablo

Juan Pablo — Fri, 21 May 2004 17:04:00 +0000

Yes, good points Dick.

By: Dick

Dick — Thu, 20 May 2004 21:19:00 +0000

Juan: Substitute works for most cases, but it lacks some flexibility like how many instances to replace, where to start, and compare method. Also, it doesn’t mirror the Replace function which only returns text from the Start argument, not the whole string.

By: Juan Pablo

Juan Pablo — Thu, 20 May 2004 20:57:00 +0000

Hey, how about using the SUBSTITUTE function instead ?

Application.Substitute(sText, sFind, sReplace, [Instance])