I would like to find a cell in a worksheet containing a specific string.
I won't know precisely how many columns or rows there will be in the spreadsheet, hence why I wanted to do it with CurrentRegion.
This is what I was trying:
=FIND("Data String", Range("A1").CurrentRegion)
You should have a look into the Microsoft References: Range.Find Method (Excel).
.Find(What, After, LookIn, LookAt, SearchOrder, SearchDirection, MatchCase, MatchByte, SearchFormat)
Example:
Dim rngFound as Range
With Worksheets("MySheetName").Cells
Set rngFound = .Find("MySearchString", LookIn:=xlValues)
If Not rngFound Is Nothing Then
'something is found
else
'nothing found
End If
End With
searches the whole sheet
Try This
FindString = Sheets("Sheet1").Range("D1").Value
---------- This will select the next Cell in range with the inputbox value
Sub Find_First()
Dim FindString As String
Dim Rng As Range
FindString = InputBox("Enter a Search value")
If Trim(FindString) <> "" Then
With Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A:A")
Set Rng = .Find(What:=FindString, _
After:=.Cells(.Cells.Count), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False)
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
Application.Goto Rng, True
Else
MsgBox "Nothing found"
End If
End With
End If
End Sub
Find Value
Related
I want the macro below transferred to a UDF but I do not know how.
I want a udf where I select the Findstring and return it in the cell where is place the udf.
Can someone help me?
Sub Find_pipe()
Dim Findstring As String
Dim Location As String
Dim Rng As Range
Sub Find_First()
Dim Findstring As String
Dim Rng As Range
Findstring = InputBox("vul naam van leiding in")
If Trim(Findstring) <> "" Then
With Sheets("scenario 1V2").Range("A1:BP150")
Set Rng = .Find(What:=Findstring, _
After:=.Cells(.Cells.Count), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False)
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
Application.Goto Rng.Offset(1), True
Application.Goto ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("D en L berekening").Range("A1"), True
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("D en L berekening").Range("U10").Value = Rng.Offset(1).Value
Else
MsgBox "Nothing found"
End If
End With
End If
End Sub
Try this:
Function FindPipe(Findstring As String)
Application.Volatile 'You need this if your UDF needs to update after changes in
' the search range
Dim f As Range
If Trim(Findstring) <> "" Then
With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("scenario 1V2").Range("A1:BP150")
Set f = .Find(What:=Findstring, _
After:=.Cells(.Cells.Count), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False)
End With
If Not f Is Nothing Then
FindPipe = f.Offset(1).Value
Else
FindPipe = "Not found"
End If
Else
FindPipe = ""
End If
End Function
Note the range to be searched is hard-coded in the UDF, so Excel doesn't know to recalculate your UDF if the search range is updated. I added Application.Volatile to take care of that but it may slow your workbook if you have a lot of formulas pointing to that UDF.
This might be a very dumm question. I would like to point out that I am pretty new to VBA.
By looking in the internet here and there, I managed to create the following code, which I use to highlight all the cells containing a certain date. I would like now to tweak my code and extend the highlighnt to the rows of the cell containing a certain date, so that later I could easily copy and past them into a new tab.
Sub HighlightSpecificValue()
Dim fnd As String, FirstFound As String
Dim FoundDate As Range, rng As Range
Dim myRange As Range, LastCell As Range
Dim datetoFind As Date
'Value to be found
fnd = InputBox("Emter the date to be found", "Highlight")
'End Macro if Cancel Button is Clicked or no Text is Entered
If fnd = vbNullString Then Exit Sub
'Convert String value to date format
datetoFind = DateValue(fnd)
Set myRange = Sheets("Tabelle1").Range("E:E")
Set LastCell = myRange.Cells(myRange.Cells.Count)
Set FoundDate = myRange.Find(what:=datetoFind, _
after:=LastCell, _
LookIn:=xlFormulas, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False, _
SearchFormat:=False)
'Test to see if anything was found
If Not FoundDate Is Nothing Then
FirstFound = FoundDate.Address
Else
GoTo NothingFound
End If
Set rng = FoundDate
'Loop until cycled through all unique finds
Do Until FoundDate Is Nothing
'Find next cell with fnd value
Set FoundDate = myRange.FindNext(after:=FoundDate)
'Add found cell to rng range variable
Set rng = Union(rng, FoundDate)
'Test to see if cycled through to first found cell
If FoundDate.Address = FirstFound Then Exit Do
Loop
'Highlight Found cells yellow
rng.Interior.Color = RGB(255, 255, 0)
'Report Out Message
MsgBox rng.Cells.Count & " cell(s) were found containing: " & fnd
Exit Sub
'Error Handler
NothingFound:
MsgBox "No cells containing: " & fnd & " were found in this worksheet"
End Sub
Thanks in advance for your precious help!
Use the EntireRow method of the Range object.
rng.EntireRow.Interior.Color = RGB(255, 255, 0)
I am trying to create a macro in excel VBA, that searches the Range (B1:B30) of the value of the ActiveCell in Column “B” by a loop. Along with the search of Column, I also want to check if the date’s cell is colored with a particular color. If the date's cell equals the set color "Good", then I want it to change the color of the cell in Column H of the same row as selected to red.
When I run the code, I get an error message of “Run-time error ‘424’: Object required.” When I go to debug the problem, it highlights the .Find function I have and points to the last line of the search which is “SearchFormat:=False).Activate” What should I do to fix this problem?
Any improvement with my overall code will be very much appreciated.
Sub Find()
Dim FirstAddress As String
Dim MySearch As Variant
Dim Rng As Range
Dim I As Long
MySearch = Array(ActiveCell)
With Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B1:B30")
For I = LBound(MySearch) To UBound(MySearch)
Set Rng = .Find(What:=MySearch(I), _
After:=ActiveCell, _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
SearchFormat:=False).Activate
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
FirstAddress = Rng.Address
Do
If ActiveCell.Style.Name = "Good" Then
Rng("H" & ActiveCell.Row).Select
Rng.Interior.ColorIndex = xlColorIndexRed
End If
Set Rng = .FindNext(Rng)
Loop While Not Rng Is Nothing And Rng.Address <> FirstAddress
End If
Next I
End With
End Sub
Showing the Debug mode of the run-time error.
Screenshot of the Spreadsheet for reference
Code Review:
You have several problems here.
MySearch = Array(ActiveCell) will always be a single value. So why bother looping through it
You cannot set a range to equal range.activate. Searching Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B1:B30") implies that you are searching a worksheet other that the ActiveSheet. If this is the case than .Find(After:=Activecell) suggests that you are looking for a value after the ActiveCell of another worksheet.
Set Rng = .Find(What:=MySearch(I), _
After:=ActiveCell, _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
SearchFormat:=False).Activate
Rng("H" & ActiveCell.Row) Rng is a Range object. It doesn't work like Range. You cannot pass it a cell address. You can do this Rng(1,"H") which is really shorthand for Rng.cells(1,"H") bit that is misleading because Rng is in column 2 Rng(1,"H") will reference the value in column I.
Sub Find()
Dim FirstAddress As String
Dim MySearch As Variant
Dim Rng As Range
Dim I As Long
MySearch = ActiveCell 'This is the ActiveCell of the ActiveSheet not necessarily Sheets("Sheet1")
With Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B1:B30")
Set Rng = .Find(What:=MySearch, _
After:=.Range("B1"), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _
SearchFormat:=False)
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
FirstAddress = Rng.Address
Do
If Rng.Style.Name = "Good" Then
.Range("H" & Rng.Row).Interior.ColorIndex = xlColorIndexRed
End If
Set Rng = .FindNext(Rng)
Loop While Not Rng Is Nothing And Rng.Address <> FirstAddress
End If
End With
End Sub
UPDATE:
Here is the actual answer to your question:
Sub FindMatchingValue()
Const AllUsedCellsColumnB = False
Dim rFound As Range, SearchRange As Range
If AllUsedCellsColumnB Then
Set SearchRange = Range("B1", Range("B" & Rows.count).End(xlUp))
Else
Set SearchRange = Range("B1:B30")
End If
If Intersect(SearchRange, ActiveCell) Is Nothing Then
SearchRange.Select
MsgBox "You must select a cell in the highlighted area before continuing", vbInformation, "Action Cancelled"
Exit Sub
End If
Set rFound = SearchRange.Find(What:=ActiveCell.Value, _
After:=ActiveCell, _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
SearchFormat:=False)
If Not rFound Is Nothing Then
Do
If rFound.Style.Name = "Good" Then
Range("H" & rFound.Row).Interior.Color = vbRed
End If
Set rFound = SearchRange.FindNext(rFound)
Loop While Not rFound Is Nothing And rFound.Address <> ActiveCell.Address
End If
End Sub
You can't put Activate at the end of the findthe way you are trying to do.
Try this as you find statement.
Set Rng = .Find(What:=MySearch(I), _
After:=.Cells(.Cells.Count), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False, _
SearchFormat:=False)
Rng.Activate
Then if you want to Activate the range, do that. But, it is best to stay away from Select, Activate etc in VBA code. I strongly suggest not using that last line of code and adjust you code to not rely on Select and Activate.
you may want to consider an Autofilter approach so as to loop only through relevant cells, as follows:
Option Explicit
Sub Find()
Dim cell As Range
With Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B1:B30")
.Rows(1).Insert '<--| insert a dummy header cell to exploit Autofilter. it'll be removed by the end
With .Offset(-1).Resize(.Rows.Count + 1) '<--| consider the range expanded up to the dummy header cell
.Rows(1) = "header" '<--| give the dummy header cell a dummy name
.AutoFilter field:=1, Criteria1:=ActiveCell '<--| filter range on the wanted criteria
If Application.WorksheetFunction.Subtotal(103, .Cells) > 1 Then '<--| if any cell other than "header" one has been filtered...
For Each cell In .Offset(1).Resize(.Rows.Count - 1).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible) '<--| ... loop through filtered cells only
If cell.Style.Name = "Good" Then cell.Offset(, 6).Interior.ColorIndex = 3 '<--| ... and color only properly styled cells
Next cell
End If
.AutoFilter '<--| .. show all rows back...
End With
.Offset(-1).Resize(1).Delete '<--|delete dummy header cell
End With
End Sub
I have code as follow:
Sub Find_First()
Dim FindString As String
Dim Rng As Range
FindString = Range("A1")
If Trim(FindString) <> "" Then
With Sheets("Kalendarz").Range("A5:LY5")
Set Rng = .Find(What:=FindString, _
After:=.Cells(.Cells.Count), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False)
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
Application.Goto Rng, True
Else
MsgBox "Nothing found"
End If
End With
End If
End Sub
but it doesn't work with date format, any suggestion?
More details: In A1 cell I will enter a date, In 5. row I have a list of every day in 2016. I want to (after run macro) go to cell with date from cell A1.
Using the Find function to locate a date is notoriously tricky in Excel VBA. The function relies on your search date being formatted in the same way as Excel's default setting. In addition, you need to ensure that the search string is converted to a date within the Find function, using CDate. Ozgrid has a good article on it: http://www.ozgrid.com/VBA/find-dates.htm
I have amended your code below to accommodate those requirements and added an extra With Sheets... statement to ensure the FindString uses the Range from your target sheet.
However, because of the unpredictability of users' adjusting date formats, I prefer a VBA loop, using Value2 which is Excel's numerical representation of the date, so cannot be fiddled with. The Ozgrid article prefers not to use VBA loops when a Find function is so much faster, but I guess it's a matter of personal preference and I feel a bespoke loop is more reliable.
Up to you which one you want to go with.
The Find method:
Sub Find_First()
Dim FindString As String
Dim Rng As Range
With Sheets("Kalendarz")
FindString = .Range("A1")
If Trim(FindString) <> "" Then
With .Range("A5:LY5")
Set Rng = .Find(What:=CDate(FindString), _
After:=.Cells(1), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False)
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
Application.Goto Rng, True
Else
MsgBox "Nothing found"
End If
End With
End If
End With
End Sub
The VBA loop method:
Sub Find_First_VBA_Loop()
Dim dateVal As Long
Dim cell As Range
With Sheets("Kalendarz")
dateVal = .Range("A1").Value2
For Each cell In .Range("A5:LY5").Cells
If dateVal = cell.Value2 Then
Application.Goto cell, True
Exit For
End If
Next
End With
End Sub
I need a piece of code that takes the value from a cell and checks another column for that value and then returns a true/false answer or similar.
Then I will use a conditional to say something like
If "Value in cell B1" exists in Column C Then
Do nothing
Else
Msgbox "Please enter existing/valid value in B1"
End if
I simply cannot figure out how to do this. Thanks in advance for any help!
Rgards
Jim
You can use Range.Find to do this.
Dim rng as Range
Set rng = Range("C:C").Find(What:=Range("B1").Value), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False)
If rng is nothing Then
Msgbox "Please enter existing/valid value in B1"
Else
' value of b1 found in column C
' do something else
End If
This will check whether the value of cell B1 is in any cell of column C.
The rng variable will point to the first occurence of the b1 value in column C.
More about all parameters of .find can be found at msdn: https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/office/ff839746.aspx
Something like this should work. Insert into a new module in your VBA editor, then use the custom function in a Worksheet like so:
=find_string(B1,C:C)
Function Find_String(ByVal SearchTerm As String, ByVal Rng As Range) As String
Dim FindString As String
If Trim(SearchTerm) <> "" Then
With Rng
Set Rng = .Find(What:=SearchTerm, _
After:=.Cells(.Cells.Count), _
LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False)
If Not Rng Is Nothing Then
'Do something!
'Examples:
Application.Goto Rng, True
Find_String = "Found in cell " + Rng.Address
Else
MsgBox "Please enter existing/valid value in B1"
Find_String = "Nothing Found"
End If
End With
End If
End Function