Excel - finding values that “look like”

Question

I have an excel workbook with a ton of sheets. In the first sheet \"users\" i have userdata, firstname, lastname, email, etc. all neatly split from a CSV file. In the other

Answer 1

you can use the VBA LIKE operator with wildcards perhaps?

If activecell.text LIKE "*Paul*" then ...

and also, as Floris has pointed out, you would need Option Compare Text set at the top of the module to ensure your test isn't case-sensitive