why is my visual basic excel code returning #value in my cell? I am looking to extract the email address from cell A1. Below is my code
Function ExtractEmailAddress(s As String) As String
Dim AtSignLocation As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim TempStr As String
Const CharList As String = "[A-Za-Z0-9._-]"
'Get location of the @
AtSignLocation = InStr(s, "@")
If AtSignLocation = 0 Then
ExtractEmailAddress = "" 'no email address is there
Else
TempStr = ""
'Get 1st half of the email address
For i = AtSignLocation - 1 To 1 Step -1
If Mid(s, i, 1) Like CharList Then
TempStr = Mid(s, i, 1) & TempStr
Else
Exit For
End If
Next i
If TempStr = "" Then Exit Function
'get 2nd half of the email address
TempStr = TempStr & "@"
For i = AtSignLocation + 1 To Len(s)
If Mid(s, i, 1) Like CharList Then
TempStr = TempStr & Mid(s, i, 1)
Else
Exit For
End If
Next i
End If
'remove trailing period if there is any
If Right(TempStr, 1) = "." Then TempStr = _
Left(TempStr, Len(TempStr) - 1)
ExtractEmailAddress = TempStr
End Function
I have also included a screen shot of the excel VBA.
ScreenShot:
Also, here is a screenshot of how its returning the value
Returned value screenshot:
I get “Invalid pattern string” error here:
If Mid(s, i, 1) Like CharList Then
The problem is with the CharList
constant:
Const CharList As String = "[A-Za-Z0-9._-]"
Replace A-Za-Z
with A-Za-z
and the function starts working =)
Const CharList As String = "[A-Za-z0-9._-]"
Tags: excelexcel, vba