Hi hyliau. I realise that english is probably not your first language, but I'm afraid that is it quite difficult to work out what it is that you are trying to do. In your first post you mentioned "HP NNM". There maybe some here that will recognise what that is, and may even have used it, but most of us haven't a clue what it is, which makes it impossible for us to try and help you. Your terminology is also a little confusing, " is not normally refered to as a "wildcard" character.

If you would post an example of the data that you need to clean up, and the same example as you would like it to become, it would be a lot easier for us to try and help you.

Also, it is generally a good idea to post your attempt to do what you are doing. This helps us understand your problem, and will help you because you will get feedback indicating what you are doing wrong.

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Combine multiple lines into one line by BrowserUk
in thread Combine multiple lines into one line by hyliau

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