Excel VBA: Copy cells from specific workbook in loop to another - vba

Question

I am new to VBA and am writing a macro. The purpose is to iterate through a list of spreadsheets (I have two sets saved in the same directory and each set has a specific naming convention). One set is named as "GenLU_xx" and the other is named as "LUZ_Summary_xx". The 'xx' in each name refers to a name e.g. Calgary. So I would have two different spreadsheets for Calgary (LUZ_Summary_Calgary & GenLU_Calgary).
The Macro needs to open each spreadsheet starting with "LUZ" add a value to G1. I have accomplished this first part by modifying code I found here: http://www.thespreadsheetguru.com/the-code-vault/2014/4/23/loop-through-all-excel-files-in-a-given-folder
The macro asks the user to identify the directory the spreadsheets are stored in and then loops through ones starting with "LUZ*".
The code is:
'Retrieve Target Folder Path From User
Set FldrPicker = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
With FldrPicker
.Title = "Select A Target Folder"
.AllowMultiSelect = False
If .Show <> -1 Then GoTo NextCode
myPath = .SelectedItems(1) & "\"
End With
'In Case of Cancel
NextCode:
myPath = myPath
If myPath = "" Then GoTo ResetSettings
'Target File Extension (must include wildcard "*")
myExtension = "LUZ*"
'Target Path with Ending Extention
myFile = Dir(myPath & myExtension)
'Loop through each Excel file in folder
Do While myFile <> ""
'Set variable equal to opened workbook
Set wb = Workbooks.Open(fileName:=myPath & myFile)
'Add GEN_LU_ZN to column G1
wb.Worksheets(1).Range("G1").Value = "GEN_LU_ZN"
'Save and Close Workbook
wb.Close SaveChanges:=True
'Get next file name
myFile = Dir
Loop
'Message Box when tasks are completed
MsgBox "Task Complete!"
ResetSettings:
'Reset Macro Optimization Settings
Application.EnableEvents = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
What I need for it to do from this point is copy two specific columns from each of the spreadsheets starting with "GenLU" and paste them into sheet 2 of the corresponding spreadsheet.
For example column C & E need to be copied from "GenLU_Calgary_2008" to the second sheet in the corresponding spreadsheet "LUZ_Summary_Calgary_2015". The code needs to somehow match up the spreadsheets using the name (in this case Calgary) and it needs to do this for all the spreadsheets.
Sorry for the extremely long question, but I'm hoping some can help a VBA newb out. I've searched quite a bit and while I have found the code to copy from sheet to sheet or workbook to workbook I am having trouble achieving what I need to. Any help will be much appreciated!

Answer 1

It is hard to test something without having any files, but you can try the following as part of your code:
Dim i As Integer
Dim wb1 As Workbook, wb2 As Workbook
Dim MyAr() As String: MyAr = Split("Calgary,XXX,YYY", ",")
For i = LBound(MyAr) To UBound(MyAr)
Do While myFile <> ""
If myFile Like "GenLU" & "*" & MyAr(i) Then
Set wb1 = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=myPath & myFile)
Exit Do
End If
Loop
Do While myFile <> ""
If myFile Like "LUZ_Summary" & "*" & MyAr(i) And Not wb1 Is Nothing Then
Set wb2 = Workbooks.Open(Filename:=myPath & myFile)
wb2.Worksheets(1).Columns(3).Value = wb1.Worksheets(1).Columns(3).Value
wb2.Worksheets(1).Columns(5).Value = wb1.Worksheets(1).Columns(5).Value
wb1.Close
wb2.Save
wb2.Close
Exit Do
End If
Loop
Set wb1 = Nothing
Next i
Note that you did not provide information which Worksheet you are working on, so I assume its always Worksheets(1). Column C = Columns(3). MyAr() is a String array to store the countries.