Function Sans_Point(pChaine As String) As String
' pour tous les "mots" finissant par ".", on remplace par " "
' ex : Mot1. Mot2. suite et fin
'   -> Mot1  Mot2  suite et fin
Dim Mot As Variant
Dim i As Integer
  Mot = Split(pChaine, " ")
  For i = LBound(Mot) To UBound(Mot)
    If Right(Mot(i), 1) = "." Then Mot(i) = Left(Mot(i), Len(Mot(i)) - 1)
  Next i
  Sans_Point = Join(Mot, " ")
End Function
Function Epure(pChaine As String) As String
Dim Chaine As String
    ' remplacement des caractères accentués
    Chaine = pChaine
    Epure = Sans_Accent(Chaine)
    ' suppression des caractères autres que numériques (0,1,2,...9) qu'alphabétiques non accentués (a,b,...z A,B,...Z)
    Epure = Sans_Special(Chaine)
    
End Function
Function Sans_Accent(pChaine As String) As String
Dim ListeAccent As String
Dim ListeSansAccent As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim pos
Dim Chaine As String
    ' remplacement des caractères accentués
    ListeAccent = "ÀÁÂÃÄÅÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÑÒÓÔÕÖÙÚÛÜÝàáâãäåèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöùúûüýÿ"
    ListeSansAccent = "AAAAAAEEEEIIIINOOOOOUUUUYaaaaaaeeeeiiiionooooouuuuyy"
    For i = 1 To Len(pChaine)
        pos = InStr(1, ListeAccent, Mid(pChaine, i, 1), 0)
        If pos > 0 Then
            Mid(pChaine, i, 1) = Mid(ListeSansAccent, pos, 1)
        End If
    Next i
    Sans_Accent = pChaine
    
End Function
Public Function Sans_Special(pChaine As String) As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim j As Integer
Dim Chaine As String
    ' suppression des caractères autres que numériques (0,1,2,...9) qu'alphabétiques non accentués (a,b,...z A,B,...Z)
    j = 0
    Chaine = ""
    For i = 1 To Len(pChaine)
        If ( _
            (Asc(Mid(pChaine, i, 1)) >= Asc("a")) And (Asc(Mid(pChaine, i, 1)) <= Asc("z")) Or _
            (Asc(Mid(pChaine, i, 1)) >= Asc("A")) And (Asc(Mid(pChaine, i, 1)) <= Asc("Z")) Or _
            (Asc(Mid(pChaine, i, 1)) >= Asc("0")) And (Asc(Mid(pChaine, i, 1)) <= Asc("9")) Or _
            (Mid(pChaine, i, 1) = " ") _
            ) _
        Then
            j = j + 1
            Chaine = Chaine & Mid(pChaine, i, 1)
        Else
        End If
    Next i
    Sans_Special = Chaine
End Function