VBA, if a string contains a certain letter

Question

I do not usually work with VBA and I cannot figure this out. I am trying to determine whether a certain letter is contained within a string on my spreadhseet.

Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim myString As String
RowCount = WorksheetFunction.CountA(Range("A:A"))
MsgBox RowCount
For i = 2 To RowCount
    myString = Trim(Cells(i, 1).Value)
    If myString.Contains("A") Then
        oldStr = Cells(i, 15).Value
        newStr = Left(oldStr, oldStr.IndexOf("A"))
    End If
Next          
End Sub

This code should go through a list of values and if it encounters the letter A to remove it and everything that comes after it. I am getting problems at my IF statement, Invalid Qualifier. How would I be able to make my IF statement output whether or not the String in the cell contains the letter A?

Thank you very much

Answer 1

Try using the InStr function which returns the index in the string at which the character was found. If InStr returns 0, the string was not found.

If InStr(myString, "A") > 0 Then

InStr MSDN Website

For the error on the line assigning to newStr, convert oldStr.IndexOf to that InStr function also.

Left(oldStr, InStr(oldStr, "A"))