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    Solved: splitting text at Hyphen

    Hi All,

    At one point in my code I have to split a selected range at hyphen into another column. I used the below code, but it doesn't have any effect on the range. can someone help plz?


    [VBA]

    Range("A2:A" & j).Select
    Selection.TextToColumns
    Destination:=Range("A2"), DataType:=xlDelimited, OtherChar
    _
    :="-"
    [/VBA]

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    Knowledge Base Approver VBAX Wizard p45cal's Avatar
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    you'll need
    Other:=True
    too.
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    VBAX Guru mancubus's Avatar
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    hi kevvukeka...

    you dont need to select the range...

    [vba]
    Range("A2:A" & j).TextToColumns Destination:=Range("A2"), Other:=True, OtherChar:="-"[/vba]
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    Hi p45cal & mancubus,

    Thanks a lot for your help....

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