Function removeSpecial(sInput As String) As String
    Dim sSpecialChars As String
    Dim i As Long
    sSpecialChars = "\/:*?"" {}[](),!`~\:;'._-=+&^%$<>|"
    For i = 1 To Len(sSpecialChars)
        sInput = Replace$(sInput, Mid$(sSpecialChars, i, 1), "")
    Next
    removeSpecial = sInput
End Function

Sub cleanAllText()
   Dim rngUsed As Range, rngCheck As Range
   Dim i As Long
   Set rngUsed = Range("J:J")
   'Set rngUsed = Range(rngUsed, _
      ' rngUsed.SpecialCells(xlLastCell))
   Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
   For Each rngCheck In rngUsed.Cells
       If rngCheck.Formula <> "" Then
         If VBA.Left(rngCheck, 1) <> "=" Then
         rngCheck = removeSpecial(rngCheck.Value)
         End If
       End If
   Next rngCheck
   End Sub


On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:11 PM, Karan Singh <karan1...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I need to clean all special characters from a my data. Please suggest any
> formula or macro to remove them.
>
> Please find attached sheet.
>
> Thanks
> Karan Singh
>
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