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I need some help.
What I need is a code for colorid the Grid in Excel in this way:
find the first cell with value ( 1 )
find the last cell with value ( 2 )
range (1:2)
Color the grid black
My code by now:
'Color the columns A to K and ALL the rows below, no matter if they have a value or not.
xlWorkSheet.Range(xlWorkSheet.Cells(1, 1), xlWorkSheet.Cells(xlWorkSheet.Rows.Count, 11)).Borders.ColorIndex = 0
I need to change the color of not-empty rows .
THX

Find the first cell :
You should active the first cell (A1) and use IsEmpty function.
Then you loop in the same column until you find a cell containing a value.
By the way, you need to keep the number of this row for the second point.
Find the last cell :
You have to exit your loop when it finds a new empty row. Then you'll get the range of cells using the number of first and last row.
You can check the MSDN - "Empty Cells" to get more details.

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Return values from other workbook

Have a question about formula which will resolve my issue.
In my main workbook I need to compare data from two sources.
One of the columns must retrieve data(amounts) from other workbook.
I want formula which will search for all amounts in column G and will skip all blank cells. Tried to use VLOOKUP, INDEX and SMALL functions but no effect.
Each day amounts are different and I need to match them in main file and find exeptions.
Any ideas?
How about an array formula such as the following?
=INDEX($G$2:$G$20,SMALL(IF(($G$2:$G$20)=0,"",ROW($G$2:$G$20)),ROW()-1)-ROW($G$2:$G$20)+1)
The formula would have to be placed into cell I2 as an array formula (which must be entered pressing Strg + Shift + Enter). Then you can drag down the formula to get all the other values.
It doesn't have to be in column I but it has to be in row 2 because this formula get's the n-th Number from the list which is not = 0. The n-th place is (in this formula) row()-1. So for row 2 it will be 2-1=1 and thus the 1st number. By dragging down the formula you get the 2nd, 3rd, etc. number. If you start with the formula in cell I5 instead then it would have to be adjusted to be as follows:
=INDEX($G$2:$G$20,SMALL(IF(($G$2:$G$20)=0,"",ROW($G$2:$G$20)),ROW()-4)-ROW($G$2:$G$20)+1)
You could loop through the column and store each value >0 in an array and then compare or you loop through the column and compare directly...
something like:
Dim i as Integer = 0
Foreach value in Maintable
Do
If otherworkbook.cells(i,7) = value Then '7 for G
do your stuff
End If
i = i + 1
While i < otherworkbook.rows.count
Next
I think that could be the right approach

Dynamic calculation in Excel based on a cell value

I've got a challenge in Excel i hope you guys can solve for me.
I have a drop down list (weeks) where i select the week 2015-18 to 2016-17. (nr 1 in picture)
In the cell called LY (nr 2 in picture) I want that to type the result of a dynamic sum range, based on the weeks input.
Picture of setup of the text above
The calculation logic is:
If i select week 2015-20, the VBA or formula should sum(F5:F7)/(G5:G7).
So in other words, I want a dynamic calculation that starts from week 2015-18 (F5/G5) and then sums the values down to the value that i have selected in "Weeks"
Picture of the setup of the logic values
The value of this calculation should be shown in LY (first picture, nr 2).
I really hope you can solve this for me. I've got more rows to calculate, so if you could come up with a "global" code that works for that, it would be great
ok, so you do not need VBA for this.....
for the sake of easier updates; mark the weekrange, right click them and give them a name, with Define name
I called it yearlyweeks
The two drop downs lists, will contain the value corresponding to the text indicating that week.
So we can use this to get a cells address by value (if that text is unique in the range named yearlyweeks):
=ADDRESS(MATCH(H8,yearlyweeks, 0), 2)
where H8 is the cell address of a dropdownlist cell. 2 is the column index of the "B" column
this will result in something like:
$B$2
where the 2 indicates the relative row index, in the range, not the absolute row number.
we are really not interested in the column, or relative row, only the absolute row, but so far we can live with relative..:
=ROW(INDIRECT(ADDRESS(MATCH(H8,yearlyweeks, 0), 2)))
this will give you the relative row of the cell coresponding to what you selected on the drop downlist for one of the lists. So I would do this in two calculation cells, just to avoid the next piece getting too long..
lets let the calculation cells be in I10, and J10..
I10 hold the relative row for the beginning week
J10 for the ending week
below create a new set of cells with:
="F"&(I10 + 7)
and
="G"&(J10 + 7)
where 7 is the row offset of yearlyweeks
in yet one more cell J12 we make the range string:
=CONCATENATE(I11;":";J11)
and then does the calculation in the final cell:
=SUM(INDIRECT(J12))
Now I can do this as a one liner, but you really would hate that

Excel: Check if cell string value exists in column, and get all cell references to that string

I suspect this may be a job for VBA, which is beyond my abilities. But here's the scenario:
Column A in Sheet 1 (CAS1) contains x rows of text values
Column A in Sheet 2 (CAS2) contains x rows of text values
Part A - For each row value in CAS1, I need to know if the string is contained in any of the cells in CAS2. Not exact match, the string can be only part of the searched cells.
Part B - I need to know the cell value of each cell in CAS2 that contains the CAS1 value (if they do exist, they can be listed in the cells adjacent to the cell being searched in CAS1).
I've tried the following to attempt Part A, all to no avail:
vlookup(A1,sheet2!A:A,1,false)
NOT(ISNA(MATCH(A1,sheet2!A:A,0)))
ISNUMBER(MATCH(A1,sheet2!A:A,0))
COUNTIF(sheet2!A:A,A1)>0
IF(ISERROR(MATCH(A1,sheet2!A:A, 0)), "No Match", "Match")
I know some of the cell values in CAS2 contain the cell values in CAS1, so I don't know why they return false or No Match. I suspect it may be down to the nature of the text content. So here's some sample data:
CAS1
LQ056
RV007H
RV008
RV009H
TSN304
TSN305
CAS2
RV009-satin-nickel-CO.jpg
STR314.jpg
STR315.jpg
HCY001.jpg
RV008-oval-rad-CO.jpg
HCY001-BRAC006.jpg
Any help would be appreciated.
This problem can be faced through VBA (at least, I imagine the VBA solution much more easily than the possible Excel one). You need a macro that, for each row in CAS1, search the content in each row of CAS2 and returns you the address.
For Each cell In Sheets("CAS1").Range("A1:A" & Sheets("CAS1").Range("A1").End(xlDown).Row) '<-- check each cell of the range A1:A? of sheet CAS1 (adapt "A" and "1" if they're different)
recFound = 0 '<-- count how many findings there are
For Each cell2 In Sheets("CAS2").Range("A1:A" & Sheets("CAS2").Range("A1").End(xlDown).Row) '<-- check in each cell of the range A1:A? of sheet CAS2 (adapt "A" and "1" if they're different)
If InStr(cell2.Value, cell.Value) <> 0 Then '<-- if the value in cell is contained in the value in cell2..
recFound = recFound + 1 '<-- account the new finding
cell.Offset(0, recFound) = Split(cell2.Address, "$")(1) & Split(cell2.Address, "$")(2) '<--write the address on the right of the currently searched cell
End If
Next cell2
Next cell
All the above should be enclosed in a macro, e.g. Sub makeMySearch(), that should be run to get the results. As commented in my code, I'm assuming that data are in A1:A? of both sheets; but they of course might be, for example, in B5:B? of the sheet 1 and in C7:C? of the sheet 2. You need clearly to adapt the code to your current data.
There's no need for VBA. Some simple array-formulas can do the job.
To see if the entry in CAS1 is present in CAS2:
=OR(ISNUMBER(SEARCH(A2,CAS2_)))
will return TRUE or FALSE. BUT this formula has to be entered by holding down CTRL-SHIFT while hitting ENTER If you do this correctly, Excel will place braces {...} around the formula that you can see in the formula bar.
The SEARCH function returns an array of results, which will be either the #VALUE! error, or a number.
In order to return the address, the following array-formula can be entered adjacent to a cell in CAS1:
=IFERROR(ADDRESS(LARGE(ISNUMBER(SEARCH($A2,CAS2_))*ROW(CAS2_),COLUMNS($A:A)),1),"")
Fill right for the maximum number of addresses possible, then select the group and fill down.
In this case, the array being returned is a string of either 0's, or 1 * the row number (i.e. the row number). I assumend the data in CAS2 was in column A, but you can change the column number if needed (or even compute it if necessary, by replacing the 1 in the ADDRESS function with COLUMN(CAS2_))
CAS1_ and CAS2_ are either named ranges, or absolute range references to the two text groups.

Excel VBA - selecting the range from first row to the last row

I have a problem with VBA code. I have a sheet with a lot of data around the cells I want. I need to select data in column F, but the position of the first and last cells between the range is to be selected is changing up and down. I created the non empty cells in row X where there is no data do the LastRow function has any refernece but now I dont know how to select the first row
thx for help
If F1 is empty, this selects the first cell with data in the F column
Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("F1").End(xlDown).Select
If F1 may be non-empty you can add a check to see whether it contains text.

Auto Fill Row B with the last four characters of Row A

So basicly i want a VBA script to fill Row B with the last four characters that are in Row A
RowA contains a telephone number with around 12 numbers in it.
Assuming that you meant to say
I have a series of telephone numbers in column A. I would like to
create a second column in which I have just the last four digits of
these numbers. I am new to Excel. Could someone please help me get
started on this?"
The answer would go like this:
In Excel you can create formulas that compute "something" - often based on the contents of other cells. For your specific situation, there is a function called RIGHT(object, length) which takes two arguments:
object = a string (or a reference to a string)
length = the number of characters (starting from the right) that you want.
You can see this for yourself by typing the following in a cell:
=RIGHT("hello world", 5)
When you hit <enter>, you will see that the cell shows the value world.
You can extend this concept by using a cell reference rather than a fixed string. Imagine you have "hello world" in cell A1. Now you can put the following in cell B1:
=RIGHT(A1, 5)
and you will see the value "world" in B1.
Now here is the cool trick. Assume you have a bunch of numbers in column A (say starting at row 2, since row 1 contains some header information - the title of the column). Then you can write the following in cell B2:
=RIGHT(A2, 4)
to get the last four digits. Now select that cell, and double-click on the little box in the bottom right hand corner:
Like magic, Excel figures out "you want to do this with all the cells in this column, for as many rows as there is data in Column A. I can do that!" - and your formula will propagate to all cells in column B, with the row number adjusted (so in row 3, the formula will be
=RIGHT(A3, 4)
etc.
Try
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = Worksheets("Sheet1")
With ws.Range("B2:B99")
.Formula = "=Right(A2, 4)"
.Value = .Value
End With