VBA to replace/remove

tourless

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Office Version
  1. 365
Platform
  1. Windows
Hi Folks,

I have a list of customers in column A. All of them start with "zz" which is simple enough to remove using...
Range("A2:A" & lRow).Replace what:="zz", Replacement:="", _
LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=True, _
SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
In that same list there are a variety of possible ending characters that I would like to remove as well. Some customers end with just their name which is fine. Others might end with "***OOB" or "***PO" or "***QT" or some variety therein. What I would like to do is any time the * character is found, remove it and anything that comes after it. I've tried variations on the following with no luck so far...
Range("A2:A" & lRow).Replace what:="(*)", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart

UPDATE:
This has gotten me closer...
Range("A2:A" & lRow).Replace what:=" ~*", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart

TIA!
 
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How about
Code:
Range("A2:A" & LRow).Replace "~**", "", xlPart, , False, , False
 
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You're welcome & thanks for the feedback
 
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You need a minor tweak to your code: use Range("A2:A" & lRow).Replace what:=" ~**", Replacement:="", LookAt:=xlPart
 
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