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Wildcards or values in a macro?

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Hello, I created a macro (by recording) that looks at the names and picks them based on the full name.
Is there a way to just use a wildcard?
Instead of the list being "Superman", "Super man", "Supergirl", "Super girl"
could I use something like "Super*", assuming I wanted all values with "super" in the beginning of the text value.

I have tried that example and it doesn't work.

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Hi Sworcester,

Use "Like" instead of "=" when using "*" as in:
If range("A1").value like "*Super*" then

or
If left(range("A1").value,5) = "Super" then
will work as well.

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Here is kinda what gets spit out

Sub SMC_Sys()
'
' SMC_Sys Macro
'

'
ActiveSheet.Range("$A$1:$CH$52073").AutoFilter Field:=14, Criteria1:=Array( _
"Vendor 1", "vendor 2", "another", "yet another", _
etc etc etc... ), Operator:= _
xlFilterValues
End Sub

I am trying to not have to alter much or write much, instead using the RECORD function to d most of the work. The idea is to create a macro that is portable for every month so the RANGE may change each month as well
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So load the range into a variable, and load that variable as the range. NOT EVERYTHING COMES WITH AN EASY BUTTON!
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