Like operator in Excel VBA

Question

I have an if statement in a for loop in which I am trying to compare the current Cell value to other strings using the like operator. For some reason this is giving me a type mismatch error. Is this because the rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value is not a string? Any help would be greatly appreciated! I have pasted the original code below.

For i = 1 To rng5.Rows.Count

    If rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value Like "*test*" Or "*Test*" Or "*Demo*" Or "*demo*" Then
        rng5.Cells(i, 1).EntireRow.Hidden = True
    End If
Next i

Answer 1

The OR operator works only on booleans, so you must present booleans to it. You cant ommit terms like you did

For i = 1 To rng5.Rows.Count

    If rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value Like "*test*" Or rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value Like  "*Test*" Or rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value Like  "*Demo*" Or rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value Like  "*demo*" Then
        rng5.Cells(i, 1).EntireRow.Hidden = True
    End If
Next i

Answer 2

use the Instr Function

For i = 1 To rng5.Rows.Count

    If instr(1,rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value, "test")>0  Or instr(1,rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value, "Test")>0 Or instr(1,rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value, "demo")>0  Or instr(1,rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value, "Demo")>0 Then
        rng5.Cells(i, 1).EntireRow.Hidden = True
    End If
Next i

Answer 3

use Lcase or Ucase if required verify on content of the data using like without case sensative

Sub test()
    For i = 1 To rng5.Rows.Count
        If LCase(rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value) Like "*test*" Or _
            LCase(rng5.Cells(i, 1).Value) Like "*demo*" Then

            rng5.Cells(i, 1).EntireRow.Hidden = True

        End If
    Next i
End Sub