Microsoft KB Archive/165928

= WD97: Range.Text Length Includes "End Of Cell" for Table Cell =

Article ID: 165928

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q165928





SYMPTOMS
When your Visual Basic for Applications macro returns the number of characters within a range of a table cell, if that range includes the entire cell, the number of characters returned is one more than expected.



CAUSE
By design, the End of Cell Mark (ASCII character number 7) is returned as part of the text when the cell range is set to include the entire cell. Using the Range.Text property includes the paragraph mark and the end of cell mark (ASCII 13 and ASCII 7) and returns them as a pair.



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To return the number of characters within a range of a table cell, excluding the end of cell mark, use one of the following methods. NOTE: Each method includes an example of a Visual Basic for Applications macro that:
 * 1) Sets a range object to an existing table.
 * 2) Collapses the range to the start of the range (the first cell in the table).
 * 3) Expands the range to equal the first cell of the table and returns the number of characters within the range.

Method 1: Subtract 1 from the Return Value
You can simply subtract 1 from the returned value to exclude the end of cell mark from your character count. This method still includes any paragraph marks within the range of text: Sub RangeExpandCell Dim oTableR As Object ' Set a range equal to the first table in the active document. Set oTableR = ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range ' Collapse the range to the start of the table. oTableR.Collapse wdCollapseStart ' Return the length of text in cell A1 of the table. MsgBox Len(ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Cell(1, 1).Range.Text)-1 End Sub

Method 2: Use the Expand Method
The Expand method excludes the end of cell mark but includes any paragraph marks within the range of text. Sub RangeExpandCell Dim oTableR As Object ' Set a range equal to the first table in the active document. Set oTableR = ActiveDocument.Tables(1).Range ' Collapse the range to the start of the table. oTableR.Collapse wdCollapseStart MsgBox oTableR.Expand(wdCell) End Sub For more information about Expand Method, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type Expand Method, click Search, and then click to view "Expand Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions



MORE INFORMATION
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

