Question

I am looking for a regex for excel 2007 that can replace all instances of -3 ONLY at the end of the string, replacing it with absolutely nothing (removing it). There are instances of -3 throughout the strings, however I need to remove only the ones at the end. This is being integrated into a macro, so find and replace using a single regex is preferred.

Answer 1

You can do this without Regex by using VBA’s Instr function. Here is the code:

Sub ReplaceIt()

Dim myRng As Range
myRange = Range("A1") ' change as needed

If InStr(Len(myRange.Text) - 2, myRange.Text, "-3") > 0 Then

    myRange.Value = Left(myRange, Len(myRange) - 2)

End If


End Sub

Update

Based on Juri’s comment below, changing the If statement to this will also work, and it’s a bit cleaner.

If Right (MyRange, 2) = "-3" Then MyRange=Left(MyRange, Len(MyRange)-2)