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I need a dynamic excel VBA code that puts my abbreviation in full form.For column E.
Ave. Avenue
S South
E East
W West
N North
hwy Highway
Rd Road
STE Suite
N.E. Northeast
S.E. Southeast
Blvd Boulevard
St Street
 

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Hi Kamranas,

Here is a code that should get you what you are looking for. You can use VBA's Replace function to replace each abbreviation with its corresponding full text. To avoid mistakenly converting text strings in the middle of a word, you can use the InStr function to check whether the abbreviation occurs at the beginning of a word (i.e., whether it is preceded by a space or the start of the string).

VBA Code: 
Sub ConvertAddresses()
    Dim cell As Range
    For Each cell In Range("E1:E" & Cells(Rows.Count, "E").End(xlUp).Row)
        ' Check for each abbreviation at beginning of word
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Ave.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Ave.", " Avenue")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " S ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " S ", " South ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " E ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " E ", " East ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " W ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " W ", " West ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " N ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " N ", " North ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, "hwy") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, "hwy", "Highway")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Rd") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Rd", " Road")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, "STE") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, "STE", "Suite")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " N.E.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " N.E.", " Northeast")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " S.E.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " S.E.", " Southeast")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Blvd") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Blvd", " Boulevard")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " St") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " St", " Street")
        End If
    Next cell
End Sub

Let me know if you need any further help!

... Mike
 
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mikenelena said:
Hi Kamranas,

Here is a code that should get you what you are looking for. You can use VBA's Replace function to replace each abbreviation with its corresponding full text. To avoid mistakenly converting text strings in the middle of a word, you can use the InStr function to check whether the abbreviation occurs at the beginning of a word (i.e., whether it is preceded by a space or the start of the string).

VBA Code: 
Sub ConvertAddresses()
    Dim cell As Range
    For Each cell In Range("E1:E" & Cells(Rows.Count, "E").End(xlUp).Row)
        ' Check for each abbreviation at beginning of word
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Ave.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Ave.", " Avenue")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " S ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " S ", " South ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " E ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " E ", " East ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " W ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " W ", " West ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " N ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " N ", " North ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, "hwy") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, "hwy", "Highway")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Rd") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Rd", " Road")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, "STE") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, "STE", "Suite")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " N.E.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " N.E.", " Northeast")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " S.E.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " S.E.", " Southeast")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Blvd") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Blvd", " Boulevard")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " St") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " St", " Street")
        End If
    Next cell
End Sub

Let me know if you need any further help!

... Mike
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not working fo me this
 
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Could you post an example of your worksheet with Xl2bb?
 
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Other than >0, a few issues can still arise. For example, if a street is called "St. Thomas". That might be resolved by using " St " rather than " St".
 
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mikenelena said:
Hi Kamranas,

Here is a code that should get you what you are looking for. You can use VBA's Replace function to replace each abbreviation with its corresponding full text. To avoid mistakenly converting text strings in the middle of a word, you can use the InStr function to check whether the abbreviation occurs at the beginning of a word (i.e., whether it is preceded by a space or the start of the string).

VBA Code: 
Sub ConvertAddresses()
    Dim cell As Range
    For Each cell In Range("E1:E" & Cells(Rows.Count, "E").End(xlUp).Row)
        ' Check for each abbreviation at beginning of word
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Ave.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Ave.", " Avenue")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " S ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " S ", " South ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " E ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " E ", " East ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " W ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " W ", " West ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " N ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " N ", " North ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, "hwy") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, "hwy", "Highway")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Rd") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Rd", " Road")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, "STE") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, "STE", "Suite")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " N.E.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " N.E.", " Northeast")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " S.E.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " S.E.", " Southeast")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Blvd") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Blvd", " Boulevard")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " St") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " St", " Street")
        End If
    Next cell
End Sub

Let me know if you need any further help!

... Mike
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you make this code for an entire row it is not work inside a row
 

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mikenelena said:
Hi Kamranas,

Here is a code that should get you what you are looking for. You can use VBA's Replace function to replace each abbreviation with its corresponding full text. To avoid mistakenly converting text strings in the middle of a word, you can use the InStr function to check whether the abbreviation occurs at the beginning of a word (i.e., whether it is preceded by a space or the start of the string).

VBA Code: 
Sub ConvertAddresses()
    Dim cell As Range
    For Each cell In Range("E1:E" & Cells(Rows.Count, "E").End(xlUp).Row)
        ' Check for each abbreviation at beginning of word
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Ave.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Ave.", " Avenue")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " S ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " S ", " South ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " E ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " E ", " East ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " W ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " W ", " West ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " N ") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " N ", " North ")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, "hwy") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, "hwy", "Highway")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Rd") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Rd", " Road")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, "STE") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, "STE", "Suite")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " N.E.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " N.E.", " Northeast")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " S.E.") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " S.E.", " Southeast")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " Blvd") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " Blvd", " Boulevard")
        End If
        If InStr(1, cell.Value, " St") = 1 Then
            cell.Value = Replace(cell.Value, " St", " Street")
        End If
    Next cell
End Sub

Let me know if you need any further help!

... Mike
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it is not working for me because if my words are inside a row,this code will not work there for example
you can see a screenshot
 

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