Data Validation for symbols

[weefisheads]

I have a spreadsheet that creates a named file using data entered into a field. For a hypothetical example, people can put their favorite car in A2 and, when the macro is run, it will SAVE AS the spreadsheet and name it with the value of A2. Problem is, some folks don't follow instructions and do things like HONDA / INSIGHT, or else something using symbols that are not valid for file names. Bloody slashes!!

I know there are lots of ways to use Data Validation to prevent certain entries, but is there any way to prevent certain symbols? If not, can anyone help me with an Event Handler that would evaluate the data for certain symbols once the data is entered?

Many thanks for any help I can get...

dB

 

[jindon]

Thank you Tom. I've used the TRIM function for years and never discovered this interior facet of the function. I appreciate the clarification.


Two in a row. *sigh* I created that faulty pattern testing a few characters at time and found the ones that appeared to work in my mockup, it was a bad result based on quick tests.

The corrected version in post #7 with more knowledgeable syntax and function may have been, as your scolding emphasizes, too late. The OP did not respond to my corrected version.

As you don't understand the meaning of that function I wrote, it doesn't fufil OP's requirement.