Excel VBA - how to account for errors from searching - vba

Question

Sheets("Table").Select
Cells.Find(What:="Cat", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt _
:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:= _
False, SearchFormat:=False).Offset(1, 1).Activate
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
Selection.Offset(rowoffset:=0, columnoffset:=-1).Select
Selection.Resize(Selection.Rows.Count + 0, Selection.Columns.Count + 10).Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets.Add After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
Sheets("Table").Select
Cells.Find(What:="Bat", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt _
:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:= _
False, SearchFormat:=False).Offset(1, 1).Activate
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
Selection.Offset(rowoffset:=0, columnoffset:=-1).Select
Selection.Resize(Selection.Rows.Count + 0, Selection.Columns.Count + 10).Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Activate
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
I'm very new to excel and trying to account for errors that will occur when one of the words I'm searching for are not on the table. I'm not sure how to format it to work, but basically for the first search, if it errors then go to the next search without doing any of selection, copy, and paste part (same for the second search).

Answer 1

Create a Range variable to assign your find function to, then use an If statement to determine if it exists or not. If no, move to the next one.
Dim fRange As Range
Sheets("Table").Select
Set fRange = Cells.Find(What:="Cat", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt _
:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:= _
False, SearchFormat:=False).Offset(1, 1)
If Not fRange Is Nothing Then
fRange.Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
Selection.Offset(rowoffset:=0, columnoffset:=-1).Select
Selection.Resize(Selection.Rows.Count + 0, Selection.Columns.Count + 10).Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets.Add After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
End If
Sheets("Table").Select
Set fRange = Cells.Find(What:="Bat", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, LookAt _
:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, MatchCase:= _
False, SearchFormat:=False).Offset(1, 1)
If Not fRange Is Nothing Then
fRange.Select
Range(Selection, Selection.End(xlDown)).Select
Selection.Offset(rowoffset:=0, columnoffset:=-1).Select
Selection.Resize(Selection.Rows.Count + 0, Selection.Columns.Count + 10).Select
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Activate
Selection.PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues, Operation:=xlNone, SkipBlanks _
:=False, Transpose:=False
End If