I have several columns from A to W. some aer full and some empty and some with "0", but i need to get the last value in A and selecting from A17 untill W (LastValueOfA)
For example A is starting from rows 17, B arrive untill 30 and W is full of 0 till the end of the sheet. I want a selection from A17 till W that stops where there is the last value of A and then copy or cut the values and append them on another sheet of the same file called "order inputs".
At the moment i only found the way to found and select the lastrow with values inside, but it consider all the columns obviously, not only A:
Dim wb As Workbook
LASTROW = Sheet1.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Range("a17:W" & LASTROW).Select
Thanks in advance.
Since your last comments on #K.Davis answer, I guess your column A values are resulting out of a formula the value of which you consider to be valid when starting with "US"
So you may try this:
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1") ' change "Sheet1" to your actual sheet name
.Range("A17:W" & .Columns("A").Find("US*", SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, LookIn:=xlValues).Row).Select
End With
I believe the issue is related to formulas that output an empty string. While the cell may appear to be blank, it's technically not. You need to search in the cell's Values.
You can use Find() to get around this.
Try this:
Option Explicit
Sub Test()
Dim ws As Worksheet, lastRow As Long
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
lastRow = ws.Columns("A").Find("*", SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, LookIn:=xlValues).Row
MsgBox lastRow
End Sub
"*" returns any value - it's just a wild card.
xlPrevious will search from the bottom-up
and finally, xlValues ensures you are looking at the Cell's output - not at the cell.
Related
I have the problem of needing to exclude a column in the middle of my excel worksheet. Is there a way of creating a range that excludes a column not on the edges of the data. The range is dynamic ranging from A1:AA#. The column "F" needs to be excluded from this range. This range needs to be stored for use in a pivotTable.
Range("A1:E4,G1:J4").Select
This is how the excel macro recorder creates a range with a gap, but I cannot find a way to modify this so the last cell is dynamic.
Thanks.
Just as you should avoid using the .Select Method, you should also avoid using the .UsedRange when possible (See here).
You can try something like this. It is not as clean, but may prove to be less bug prone.
Dim LRow As Long
LRow = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Dim MyRange1 As Range, MyRange2 As Range, BigRange As Range
Set MyRange1 = Range("A1:E" & LRow)
Set MyRange2 = Range("G1:J" & LRow)
Set BigRange = Application.Union(MyRange1, MyRange2)
BigRange.Select
You can then refer to your BigRange directly moving forward.
If you have only one set of data in your sheet, you could try something like that :
Intersect(ActiveSheet.UsedRange, Range("A:E,G:AA")).Select
This will select everything that contains data up to column AA on the sheet except for column F.
Whenever possible , you should avoid using .select .activate but you only provide one line of your code so I can't help you much on that part except redirect you to this.
you could use
Dim rng As Range
Set rng = Intersect(Range("A:E,G:AA"), Rows(1).Resize(Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row))
where the column index in Cells(Rows.Count, 1) lets you choose what column size your range after
I am pretty new to VBA and I have been fighting with creating one simple report for many days so I decided to inquire for some help. I will be really grateful for any tips you have or could point to any errors I might've made in my code.
I have the below piece of code (extracted from my loop). What I want to do is to create a list based on around 20 excel files that will have below stats:
name of the current tab inside the workbook
count of nonblanks in a column which name contains word "Difference" (always in row 7 but can be in different columns)
count from the same column but where cells are not blank AND different than 0.
For the last stat I didn't even start so you won't see it in my code but I would appreciate if you have any tips for this one too (which method best to use).
Windows("PassRate.xlsm").Activate
b = ActiveSheet.Cells(Rows.count, 2).End(xlUp).Row + 1
Cells(b, 3) = xlWorkBook.Worksheets(i).Name
xlWorkBook.Worksheets(i).Activate
Set Myrng = Range("B7:M9999").Find(What:="Difference", LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, MatchCase:=False)
If Not Myrng Is Nothing Then
RowQnt = xlWorkBook.Worksheets(i).Myrng.Offset(9999, 2).Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants).count
End If
Windows("PassRate.xlsm").Activate
Cells(b, 4) = RowQnt
My problem is that the macro runs and works, but the result I get is the list of tab names but all counts are 0 and I cannot overcome this issue. For the line number 7 I've also tried the piece of code below which yields the same result.
RowQnt = xlWorkBook.Cells(Rows.count, Myrng).End(xlUp)
Is it possible that my problem is due to the fact that in the source files the column containing word "Difference" is sometimes two merged columns? Unfortunately, I cannot change that as these are some automatically generated files from another program.
xlWorkBook.Worksheets(i).Myrng isn't a valid Range syntax while you can simply use MyRng which you already set to a not null Range reference and already has both parent worksheet and workbook references inside it
but even Myrng.Offset(9999, 2).Cells wouldn't do since it references one cell only and not a range of cells
you need a Range(Range1, Range2) syntax, where both Range1 and Range2 are valid Range references to the first and last cell of the range you actually want to count not blank cells of
furthermore you could use WorksheetFunction.CountA() function instead of SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants) range, since this latter errors out if no constant cells are found in the range it's being applied to (so you'd need a check) while the former simply returns zero if no not empty cells are found
for all what above you could write the following GetRowQnt() function:
Function GetRowQnt(sht As Worksheet) As Long
Dim Myrng As Range
With sht '<--| reference passed worksheet
Set Myrng = .Rows(7).Find(What:="Difference", LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, MatchCase:=False) '<--| find "Difference" in its 7th row
If Not Myrng Is Nothing Then GetRowQnt = WorksheetFunction.CountA(.Range(.Cells(8, Myrng.Column), .Cells(WorksheetFunction.Max(.Cells(.Rows.count, Myrng.Column).End(xlUp).row, 8), Myrng.Column))) '<--| count not blank cells in column where "Difference" was found from row 8 down to its last not empty cell
End With
End Function
and use it in your main code as follows:
With Windows("PassRate.xlsm").ActiveSheet '<--| reference "PassRate.xlsm" workbook active sheet (or change 'ActiveSheet' with 'Worksheetes("yourSheetName")')
For i = 1 To xlWorkbook.Worksheets.count '<--| loop through 'xlWorkbook' workbook worksheets
b = .Cells(.Rows.count, 3).End(xlUp).row + 1 '<--| get "PassRate.xlsm" workbook active sheet current first empty cell in column "C"
.Cells(b, 3) = xlWorkbook.Worksheets(i).Name
.Cells(b, 4) = GetRowQnt(xlWorkbook.Worksheets(i))
Next
End With
please note that with
b = .Cells(.Rows.count, 3).End(xlUp).row + 1
I took column "C" as the leading one to get last not empty row from, since there was no code in your post that wrote something in column "B".
But if your real code has some
.Cells(b, 2) = somedata '<--| write something in column "B" current row
then you can go back to b = .Cells(.Rows.count, 2).End(xlUp).row + 1
I am new to Excel Macros and VBA, and am facing the following problem:
(1) I have a data-set which has ~50,000 rows and 11 columns.
(2) I need to extract rows from the sheet, based on a certain keyword - which matches the strings present in a particular column.
(3) I have the following code from another stack overflow question:
Sub testIt()
Dim r As Long, endRow as Long, pasteRowIndex As Long
endRow = 10 ' of course it's best to retrieve the last used row number via a function
pasteRowIndex = 1
For r = 1 To endRow 'Loop through sheet1 and search for your criteria
If Cells(r, Columns("B").Column).Value = "YourCriteria" Then 'Found
'Copy the current row
Rows(r).Select
Selection.Copy
'Switch to the sheet where you want to paste it & paste
Sheets("Sheet2").Select
Rows(pasteRowIndex).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
'Next time you find a match, it will be pasted in a new row
pasteRowIndex = pasteRowIndex + 1
'Switch back to your table & continue to search for your criteria
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
End If
Next r
End Sub
(4) This works perfectly fine when the cell of the column being searched has "YourCriteria" as the only entry.
(5) However, in my data I have strings which have the "YourCriteria" embedded in them
For Example: "YourCriteria" = "ball" and the cell(s) in a particular column contain "the dog plays with the ball" , "the ball is bad" etc.
How can I extract the rows containing 'YourCriteria" ? What modification to the code is needed ?
Thanks
To expand on Doug's answer,
If InStr(Cells(r, 2).Value, "YourCriteria")>0 Then 'Found
' ^ Column A=1, B=2, ...
Edit Change 2 to whatever column number you want to look in (C=3, D=4, ...). You can also use Columns("B").Column like you had it, if you're more comfortable with that.
I have found If InStr()>0 to be more reliable than If Instr() since InStr has lots of return-value options.
A general thought, to avoid future problems - rather than switching sheets, refer expressly to which sheet you mean. Example (not all code shown):
dim shSource as Sheet
set shSource = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
dim shDest as Sheet
set shDest = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet2")
...
If InStr(shSource.Cells(r, 2).Value, "YourCriteria")>0 Then 'Found
shSource.Rows(r).Copy
shDest.Rows(pasteRowIndex).Select
shDest.Paste
There's a built in operator for this in VBA: Like. You can just replace the current test with this:
If Cells(r, Columns("B").Column).Value Like "*YourCriteria*" Then 'Found
InStr( [start], string, substring, [compare] )
Parameters or Arguments
start
Optional. It is the starting position for the search. If this parameter is omitted, the search will begin at position 1.
string
The string to search within.
substring
The substring that you want to find.
compare Optional. It is the type of comparison to perform. It can be one of the following values:
VBA Constant Value Explanation
vbUseCompareOption -1 Uses option compare
vbBinaryCompare 0 Binary comparison
vbTextCompare 1 Textual comparison
borrowed from http://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/instr.php
The fastest way is to:
Apply a Filter to the data
Set a range variable = .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
Use range.Copy Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A1") to copy the data straight to Sheet2
Sub DoIt()
Dim SearchRange As Range
Sheets("Sheet1").UsedRange.AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:="=*Ball*", _
Operator:=xlAnd
Set SearchRange = Sheets("Sheet1").UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
If Not SearchRange Is Nothing Then
SearchRange.Copy Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A1")
End If
End Sub
I have a workbook with "Results" being sheet 3, this being the worksheet I want to use.
I have tried a few formulaes to try and add a macro to do the following:
I have column G with percentages. I then have column I where I would like there to be a result saying TRUE/FALSE where the contents of G are equal to 100%. Column G is formatted to percentage with two decimals.
Some considerations: I have my first row being a Hyperlink to another sheet, then my headings, then the first row of "results". I have 457 rows, if there is a measurement of the range, perhaps it could be on A?
I keep getting this error 9 with my range and have got a bit stuck.
Thanks in advance!
Sub PartialHits1()
Dim rng As Range
Dim lastRow As Long
Dim cell As Range
With Sheet3
lastRow = .Range("G" & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Set rng = .Range("G1:G" & lastRow)
For Each cell In rng
If cell.Value = 100
Then
cell.Range("I1:I1").Value = 100
End If
Next
End With
End Sub
(I have hacked this a bit, just was trying to get it to set as 100 instead of the TRUE/FALSE Also was playing around near the Sheet 3 part as I got errors.)
RangeVariable.Range can refer only to a cell within RangeVariable, so you can't refer to column I in this way. Try: .Range("I"&cell.row)=100.
Also your criteria is probably wrong, if you have 100% in a cell it's actual value is 1.
And last question: why do you want to do this with VBA, it would be much more simple with worksheet function =IF(G3=1,100,"")
I'm just getting started with VBA for Excel. I used VB and Java in college nearly ten years ago and was competent with it then, but am essentially starting over. (Um, not like riding a bike.)
I am trying to understand the methods to build a range that isn't just declared as A1:J34 or whatever. My Googling is challenged in that when searching for 'range' and terms that indicate what I seek, I get an avalanche of hits far more advanced than what I need, mostly hits that don't even address the basic summary info I need.
So, here's the basics of it:
Excel 2011 on Mac.
The sheet has data from A to M, down to 1309.
It's a repeating pattern of heading rows followed by data rows. Ugh. Seems like the person creating the sheet was more thinking about printing from the sheet than the organisation of the data. I need to clean it and 3 more like it up to use in a pivot table, and it's useless in this silly repeating layout.
Heading rows are as follows:
Last Name, First Name, then 10 date cells.
Data rows under the headings are the names, of course, and then a 1 or 0 for attendance.
Anywhere from 20 to 30 names under each heading. Then it repeats. And the dates change every few sets, picking up where the last set left off.
What I need to do right now:
I'm trying to assemble a range into a range variable by adding all the rows beginning with a specific value (in column A). In my case that value is the string "Last Name", so I can have the range variable holding all the cells in all rows that begin with "Last Name". This will then capture all the cells that need to be in date format. (I'm doing it so I can then make sure the date headings are all actually IN date format - because they are NOT all in date format now, many are just 'General' cells.)
My questions:
When telling a range object what it's range IS, how do you feed it cells/rows/columns that are not just a block defined by start and end cells entered by the person writing the code but based on row criteria? Eg: Create a Range that has rows 1, 34, 70, 93, and 128 from columns A to I based on presence of "First Name" in A.
What are the most common methods to do this?
Which of these is best suited to my need and why?
Here's a working example that demonstrates finding the "Last Name" rows, contructing a range object that includes all those rows, and then iterating through that object to search for non-date values. The code could be speeded up greatly by reading the data range into an array of variants and then searching the array for both the last name rows and the "bad dates" within those rows. This is especially true if you have a very large number of rows to check.
Sub DisjointRng()
Dim checkCol As String, checkPattern As String
Dim dateCols()
Dim lastCell As Range, usedRng As Range, checkRng As Range
Dim cell As Variant
Dim usedRow As Range, resultRng As Range, rngArea As Range
Dim i As Long, j As Long
checkCol = "A" 'column to check for "Last Name"
checkPattern = "Last*"
dateCols = Array(3, 5) 'columns to check for date formatting
With Worksheets("Sheet1")
'find the bottom right corner of data range; we determine the used range
'ourselves since the built-in UsedRange is sometimes out-of-synch
Set lastCell = .Cells(.Cells.Find(What:="*", SearchOrder:=xlRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, LookIn:=xlFormulas).Row, _
.Cells.Find(What:="*", SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, LookIn:=xlFormulas).Column)
Set usedRng = .Range("A1:" & lastCell.Address)
'the column of values in which to look for "Last Name"
Set checkRng = .Range(checkCol & "1:" & checkCol & usedRng.Rows.Count)
End With
'step down the column of values to check for last name & add
'add found rows to range object
For Each cell In checkRng
If cell.Value Like checkPattern Then
'create a range object for the row
Set usedRow = Intersect(cell.EntireRow, usedRng)
If resultRng Is Nothing Then
'set the first row with "Last Name"
Set resultRng = usedRow
Else
'add each additional found row to the result range object
Set resultRng = Union(resultRng, usedRow)
End If
End If
Next cell
For Each rngArea In resultRng.Areas
'if found rows are continguous, Excel consolidates them
'into single area, so need to loop through each of the rows in area
For i = 1 To rngArea.Rows.Count
For j = LBound(dateCols) To UBound(dateCols)
If Not IsDate(rngArea.Cells(i, dateCols(j))) Then
'do something
End If
Next j
Next i
Next rngArea
End Sub
You can use the Union operator, like this
Dim r As Range
Set r = Range("A1, A3, A10:A12")
or this
Set r = Union(Range("A1"), Range("A3"), Range("A10:A12"))
You can the iterate this range like this
Dim cl as Range
For Each cl in r.Cells
' code cell cl
Next
or this
Dim ar as Range
For each ar in r.Areas
' code using contiguous range ar
For each cl in ar.Cells
' code using cell cl
Next
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