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Yvonne Qi
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July 25, 2020 - 8:33 am
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Hi 

I have a problem in creating dependent lists with validation, and in my filter, I have the Data Validation entry with space, or with "&", or with "-" , I used =INDIRECT(SUBSTITUTE(J9," ","_"), it works for the entry with space, but it didn't work for "&" and "-". 

what I should do then? 

 

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Mynda Treacy
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Hi Yvonne,

Welcome to our forum! Please attach a sample Excel file so we can see the whole picture of your formula and how it relates to the worksheet. Anonymise it if required.

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Yvonne Qi
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Hi Mynda, 

 

Nice to e-meet you! Here is the workbook I refer to.Confused

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Hi Yvonne,

No attachment.  There's a video here showing how to attach files

https://www.myonlinetraininghu.....this-first

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Phil

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HI 

Try it again. 

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Hello,

In order to substitute several characters you need to nest the SUBSTITUTE function per character/word you want to change. You can read more about it in this blog post.

Example: =SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(C9,"&","_"),"-","_")," ","_")

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