Removing Left Text from a Cell with condition VBA

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Hi i would like to remove everything that is on the left side of the cell value with 2 conditons

Condition 1: Start removing the left side of the cell when "P" is found and followed by a number Or
Condition 2: Start removing the left side of the cell when "PO" is found and followed by a number

I have tried this code but it doesnt seem to meet my conditions when more there are more than 1 "P" inside the cell and it also doesnt work when "PO" is inside the cell as shown in Column B row 3 and row 2 respectively. Please advice on how i can modify my code to make it work.

VBA Code:
Sub deleteleft()
 
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim LR As Long
Dim cell As Range
Dim startPosition As Long
 
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
 
 
LR = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row
 
For Each cell In ws.Range("B2:B" & LR)
   If VarType(cell.Value) = vbString Then
       startPosition = InStr(1, cell.Value, "P", vbTextCompare)

       If startPosition > 0 Then
           If IsNumeric(Mid(cell.Value, startPosition + 1, 1)) Or (Mid(cell.Value, startPosition + 1, 2) = "O" And IsNumeric(Mid(cell.Value, startPosition + 2, 1))) Then
               cell.Value = Mid(cell.Value, startPosition)
           End If
       End If
   End If
Next cell
 
  
End Sub

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VBA Code:
 
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VBA Code:
Sub RemoveLeft()
  Dim RX As Object
  Dim a As Variant
  Dim i As Long
 
  Set RX = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
  RX.Pattern = "(^.*?)(PO?\d.*)"
  With Range("B2", Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    a = .Value
    For i = 1 To UBound(a)
      a(i, 1) = RX.Replace(a(i, 1), "$2")
    Next i
    .Value = a
  End With
End Sub
 
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When posting vba code in the forum, please use the available code tags. It makes your code much easier to read/debug & copy. My signature block below has more details. I have added the tags for you this time. 😊

Also, please investigate XL2BB for providing sample data to make it easier for helpers by not having to manually type out sample data to test with.

Give this a try with a copy of your workbook. Note that it will not work in your Mac environment, only Windows.

VBA Code:
Sub RemoveLeft()
  Dim RX As Object
  Dim a As Variant
  Dim i As Long
 
  Set RX = CreateObject("VBScript.RegExp")
  RX.Pattern = "(^.*?)(PO?\d.*)"
  With Range("B2", Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
    a = .Value
    For i = 1 To UBound(a)
      a(i, 1) = RX.Replace(a(i, 1), "$2")
    Next i
    .Value = a
  End With
End Sub
Hi Peter thank you for your code and advice, it work perfectly. I would heed your advice next well ! Thank you so much
 
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You're welcome. Glad it worked for you. Thanks for the follow-up. :)
 
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