Question

I have an Excel file that contains some values. I need to check if a cell value contains spaces. For example, sometimes a user will write some values in the cell but mistakenly press Enter or Space in the cell. I want to see if the cell value has spaces inside…
Please tell me how to do this.

Thanks

Answer 1

Let’s say I type “ABC ” in cell A1 (ABC followed by a space). Either of these formulas should help:

=LEN(A1)=LEN(TRIM(A1))

=EXACT(A1,TRIM(A1))

For a VBA version:

Function HasSpaces(rng As Excel.Range) As Boolean
  HasSpaces = Not (Len(rng.Value) = Len(Trim$(rng.Value)))
End Function

Sample usage:

Sub tst()
  Debug.Print HasSpaces(Range("A1"))
End Sub