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i cells that look like this: one per line:

Duffy,John: 'Heritage: Civilization and the Jews'- Fanfare & Chorale,Symphonic Dances + Orchestral Suite. Bernstein,'On the Town' Dance Episodes. Royal Phil./R.Williams
Lilien,Ignace 1897-1963: Songs,1920-1935. Anja van Wijk,mezzo & Frans van Ruth,piano
Hindemith,Trauermusik. Purcell,'Fairy Queen' Suite. Rossini,String Sonata 6. Petrov,'Creation of the World' Ballet Suite. Bartok,Romanian Folkdances Sz 56. Tartini,Flute Concerto in G w.A.Maiorov Leningrad Orch.for Ancient & Modern Music/ Serov
Bizet,Verdi,Massenet,Puccini: Arias from Carmen,Rigoletto,Werther,Manon Lescaut,Tosca,Turandot + Songs by Lara,Di Capua et al. Peter Dvorsky,tenor w.Bratislava Orch./Lenard Also performing 'Carmen' Overt.& 'Thais' Meditation. Rec.Live,10/87
Fantini,Rauch,C.Straus,Priuli,Bertali: 'Festival Mass at the Imperial Court of Vienna,1648' Yorkshire Bach Choir & Baroque Soloists + Baroque Brass of London/Seymour
Vinci,Leonardo1690-1730: Arias from Semiramide Riconosciuta,Didone Abbandonata,La Caduta dei Decemviri,Lo Cecato Fauzo,La Festa de Bacco,Catone in Utica. Maria Angeles Peters sop. w.M.Carraro conducting
Gluck,Mozart,Beethoven,Weber,Verdi,Wagner,Ponchielli,Mascagni,Puccini: Arias from Alceste,Don Giovanni,Fidelio,Oberon,Ballo,Tristan,Walkure,Siegfried,Gotterdammerung,Gioconda,Cavalleria,Tosca. Helene Wildbrunn. Rec.1919-24

i would like to remove ALL numbers. how do i do this with a formula? or maybe just search and replace with regex?

+1  A: 

How to do that using VBA...

  1. Open an Excel workbook and paste the text you provided this way: alt text

  2. Let those rows selected.

  3. Press “ALT+F11” to open the Visual Basic Editor.

  4. Go to the Insert Menu and open a Module.

  5. Type in this function:

    Sub clear()
    s = Array("0", "1", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9")
    For Each r In Selection
    v = r.Value
    For i = 0 To 9
    v = Replace(v, s(i), "")
    Next
    r.Value = v
    Next
    End Sub
    

  6. Click the green Play button to execute the VBA script. alt text

  7. Get back to the sheet and see the result (no more digits): alt text

Leniel Macaferi