2 different Ranges Compare from different Sheets not Working VBA - vba

Question

Why isnt this text Compare working? I'm trying to compare 2 different ranges from different sheets.
Is there a good simple way of doing this?
Sub selecttest()
Text3 = Sheets("Input DATA").Range(Cells(2, 2), Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft))
Text4 = Sheets("SAP Output DATA").Range(Cells(3, 1), Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp))
If StrComp(Text3, Text4, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
Else
Cells(Cell.Row, "A").Interior.ColorIndex = 26
Cells(Cell.Row, "B").Interior.ColorIndex = 26
Cells(Cell.Row, "C").Interior.ColorIndex = 26
Cells(Cell.Row, "D").Interior.ColorIndex = 26
End If
End Sub
Is there something that im doing incorrectly?
Also tried this with no errors but it wont solve:
Sub comprangetest()
With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Input DATA")
Text3 = Range(Cells(2, 2), Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft)).Select
End With
With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("SAP Output DATA")
Text4 = Sheets("SAP Output DATA").Range(Cells(3, 1), Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp)).Select
End With
'Text3 = Sheets("Input DATA").Range(Cells(2, 2), Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft))
'Text4 = Sheets("SAP Output DATA").Range(Cells(3, 1), Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp))
If StrComp(Text3, Text4, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
Else
ActiveSheet.Cells(Cell.Row, "A").Interior.ColorIndex = 26
ActiveSheet.Cells(Cell.Row, "B").Interior.ColorIndex = 26
ActiveSheet.Cells(Cell.Row, "C").Interior.ColorIndex = 26
ActiveSheet.Cells(Cell.Row, "D").Interior.ColorIndex = 26
End If
End Sub
Am i using the correct method?

Answer 1

Instead of comparing from different sheets, i just brought the range over to the current sheet and made it a requirement to use a selection before the compare initiates. Since the source range is on a row, i used k as the integer for where the source is. The source always changes and is always above the selection. so that line is used for the compare. Of coarse i can probably now even go further and create a selection range from another sheet. But this works for me now. I hope i saved some time for other people struggling with this as i was.
Sub CompareRanges()
application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim Report As Worksheet
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, k As Integer
Dim lastrow As Integer
Dim LastColumn As Integer
Dim sht As Worksheet
Dim cell As Range
Dim x As Long, y As Long
Set sht = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("SAP Output DATA")
lastrow = sht.UsedRange.Rows.Count
LastColumn = sht.UsedRange.Columns.Count
'If Selection Is Nothing Then
'MsgBox "nothing selected, please select range."
'Else
'x is the first row number of selection, y is the last.
x = Selection.Rows(1).row
y = Selection.Rows.Count + x - 1
'MsgBox x & " " & y
'give row number of cell above selection.
k = Selection.Rows(1).Offset(-1, 0).row
'MsgBox k
For i = x To y 'lastrow
'For i = 3 To lastrow 'lastrow
For j = 5 To LastColumn
If sht.Cells(i, 1).Value <> "" Then 'This will omit blank cells at the end (in the event that the column lengths are not equal.
'sht.cell (2, j) "k is the variable for where is the source."
If InStr(1, sht.Cells(k, j).Value, sht.Cells(i, 1).Value, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
sht.Cells(i, 1).Interior.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255) 'White background
sht.Cells(i, 1).Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0) 'Black font color
Exit For
Else
sht.Cells(i, 1).Interior.Color = RGB(156, 0, 6) 'Dark red background
sht.Cells(i, 1).Font.Color = RGB(255, 199, 206) 'Light red font color
End If
End If
Next j
Next i
'End If
application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub