search a worksheet for all value VBA Excel - vba

Question

I have a worksheet that has multiple value and what I would like to do is search say column "B" for a value and when it finds it to copy the complete row and paste it somewhere else. I have a similar function to do this but it stops after it finds the first one which is fine for the situation that I am using it in but for this case I need it to copy all that match. below is the code that im using at the moment that only gives me one value
If ExpIDComboBox.ListIndex <> -1 Then
strSelect = ExpIDComboBox.value
lastRow = wks1.range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).row
Set rangeList = wks1.range("A2:A" & lastRow)
On Error Resume Next
row = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(strSelect, wks1.Columns(1), 0) ' searches the worksheet to find a match
On Error GoTo 0
If row Then
Thanks

Answer 1

I would suggest to load data into array first and then operate on this array instead of operating on cells and using Worksheet functions.
'(...)
Dim data As Variant
Dim i As Long
'(...)
If ExpIDComboBox.ListIndex <> -1 Then
strSelect = ExpIDComboBox.Value
lastRow = wks1.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
'Load data to array instead of operating on worksheet cells directly - it will improve performance.
data = wks1.Range("A2:A" & lastRow)
'Iterate through all the values loaded in this array ...
For i = LBound(data, 1) To UBound(data, 1)
'... and check if they are equal to string [strSelect].
If data(i, 1) = strSelect Then
'Row i is match, put the code here to copy it to the new destination.
End If
Next i
End If

Answer 2

I have used the Range.Find() method to search each row. For each row of data which it finds, where the value you enter matches the value in column G, it will copy this data to Sheet2. You will need to amend the Sheet variable names.
Option Explicit
Sub copyAll()
Dim rngFound As Range, destSheet As Worksheet, findSheet As Worksheet, wb As Workbook
Dim strSelect As String, firstFind As String
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
Set findSheet = wb.Sheets("Sheet1")
Set destSheet = wb.Sheets("Sheet2")
strSelect = ExpIDComboBox.Value
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With findSheet
Set rngFound = .Columns(7).Find(strSelect, LookIn:=xlValues)
If Not rngFound Is Nothing Then
firstFind = rngFound.Address
Do
.Range(.Cells(rngFound.Row, 1), .Cells(rngFound.Row, _
.Cells(rngFound.Row, .Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column)).Copy
destSheet.Cells(destSheet.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row + 1, 1).PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteAll
Set rngFound = .Columns(2).Find(strSelect, LookIn:=xlValues, After:=.Range(rngFound.Address))
Loop While firstFind <> rngFound.Address
End If
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I've assumed you will have data between columns A:G?
Otherwise you can just amend the .Copy and .PasteSpecial methods to fit your requirements.

Answer 3

Thanks for your replys. I tired to use both methods but for some reason they did not seem to work. They did not give me an error they just did not produce anything.#mielk I understand what you mean about using an array to do this and it will be a lot faster and more efficent but I dont have enfough VBA knowledge to debug as to why it did not work. I tried other methods and finally got it working and thought it might be usefull in the future for anybody else trying to get this to work. Thanks once again for your answers :)
Private Sub SearchButton2_Click()
Dim domainRange As range, listRange As range, selectedString As String, lastRow As Long, ws, wks3 As Excel.Worksheet, row, i As Long
Set wks3 = Worksheets("Exceptions") '<----- WorkSheet for getting exceptions
If DomainComboBox.ListIndex <> -1 Then '<----- check that a domain has been selected
selectedString = DomainComboBox.value
lastRow = wks3.range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).row ' finds the last full row
Set listRange = wks3.range("G2:G" & lastRow) 'sets the range from the top to the last row to search
i = 2
'used to only create a new sheet is something is found
On Error Resume Next
row = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(selectedString, wks3.Columns(7), 0) ' searches the worksheet to find a match
On Error GoTo 0
If row Then
For Each ws In Sheets
Application.DisplayAlerts = False
If (ws.Name = "Search Results") Then ws.Delete 'deletes any worksheet called search results
Next
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
Set ws = Sheets.Add(After:=Sheets(Sheets.Count)) 'makes a new sheet at the end of all current sheets
ws.Name = "Search Results" 'renames the worksheet to search results
wks3.Rows(1).EntireRow.Copy 'copys the headers from the exceptions page
ws.Paste (ws.Cells(, 1)) 'pastes the row into the search results page
For Each domainRange In listRange ' goes through every value in worksheet trying to match what has been selected
If domainRange.value = selectedString Then
wks3.Rows(i).EntireRow.Copy ' copys the row that results was found in
emptyRow = WorksheetFunction.CountA(ws.range("A:A")) + 1 ' finds next empty row
ws.Paste (ws.Cells(emptyRow, 1)) 'pastes the contents
End If
i = i + 1 'moves onto the next row
ws.range("A1:Q2").Columns.AutoFit 'auto fit the columns width depending on what is in the a1 to q1 cell
ws.range("A1:Q1").Cells.Interior.ColorIndex = (37) 'fills the header with a colour
Application.CutCopyMode = False 'closes the paste funtion to stop manual pasting
Next domainRange ' goes to next value
Else
MsgBox "No Results", vbInformation, "No Results" 'display messgae box if nothing is found
Exit Sub
End If
End If
End Sub
Thanks.
N.B. this is not the most efficent way of doing this read mielk's answer and the other answer as they are better if you can get them working.