Find special characters in a cell and highlight with vba

[pdiddy9590]

Is there an easier way of highlighting cells that contain a special character (!~`@#$%^&*()_+-={}|:"<>?[]\;',./) instead of listing everyone separate like below? There can be letters and numbers along with the special characters.

If ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*.*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*~*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*`*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*!*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*@*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*#*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*$*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*%*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*^*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*&*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
ElseIf ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*_*" Then
ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
End If


example
[TABLE="width: 182"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Paul*
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD].
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]?
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]*
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]H|l
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]C/O Timmy & Assoc
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]c/o
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]H\o
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD](
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]]
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Smith!!
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Paul/II
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]465 Estate of
[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]Bob-Robert
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[Drrellik]

Pdiddy,

This is a piece of VBA I took out of something a pain snakingly put together with help from Google and this forum two years ago so I could highlight any row out to F column if it found two words, you may be able to use this to help you get started and hopefully someone else will be able to help more.

Signed...Still learning.

Dim c As Range
For Each c In ActiveSheet.Range("F2:F" & Range("F" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)
   
    If InStr(c, "R6002") > 0 Then
       c.Offset(, -5).Resize(1, 7).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
    End If
   
Next c
Dim D As Range
For Each D In ActiveSheet.Range("G2:G" & Range("G" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)
   
    If InStr(D, "HOT GUN") > 0 Then
       D.Offset(, -6).Resize(1, 7).Interior.ColorIndex = 6
    End If
   
Next D

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Is there an easier way of highlighting cells that contain a special character (!~`@#$%^&*()_+-={}|:"<>?[]\;',./) instead of listing everyone separate like below?

If by "special character" you mean any non-alphanumeric character, then this single line of code is all you need...

[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
	[td]If ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*[!A-Za-z0-9]*" Then ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

 

[pdiddy9590]

Rick,
Thanks for your reply. I was using that code but it highlights the cell if it contains Estate of, Bob III and Bob Jr. Do you know why it is highlighting those?

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Rick,
Thanks for your reply. I was using that code but it highlights the cell if it contains Estate of, Bob III and Bob Jr. Do you know why it is highlighting those?

I forgot to include a space character inside the square brackets...

[table="width: 500"]
[tr]
	[td]If ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Value Like "*[!A-Za-z0-9 ]*" Then ActiveCell.Offset(0, 4).Interior.ColorIndex = 6[/td]
[/tr]
[/table]

 

[pdiddy9590]

Thank you so much that worked.

 

[pdiddy9590]

Thanks