Fairly easy one I hope.
If I have a column of values in a sheet, How can I set those values to equal a variable I can work with in VBA.
For instance column A has 100 weight values and column b has 100 height values. In a VBA script I want to set "weight" as all values in column A and height as b. and say BMI = weight * height and then write BMI to column C.
I know I can do this example with formulas but for the actual task I'll be looping this a few hundred times and will not know the column index value.
Thanks!
Edit: To specify further, the columns are randomly arranged. I won't be able to use relative cell references. Ultimately I'll be finding the column, naming it working with the data in reference to another column and then finding the next column and doing the same.
Edit 2: I think answers are focusing on achieving the result I specified in the example rather than implementing the process I was trying to describe.
This should be enough for you to see how this simple task can be done :
Sub user3033634()
Dim LastRow As Integer
With Sheets("Sheet1")
LastRow = .Cells(Rows.Count).End(xlUp).row
For i = 1 To LastRow
.Cells(i, "C") = .Cells(i, "A") * .Cells(i, "B")
'.Cells(i, 3) = .Cells(i, 1) * .Cells(i, 2)
Next i
End With
End Sub
First determine the limits and then Select that part of column C you wish to fill and then:
Sub BMII()
Dim r As Range
For Each r In Selection
r.Value = r.Offset(0, -2).Value * r.Offset(0, -1).Value
Next r
End Sub
EDIT#1
Once you have determined which columns and which rows to process, update the parameter section of the following macro and run it:
Sub BMIII()
Dim wcol As String, hcol As String, bcol As String
Dim start_row As Long, end_row As Long, i As Long
''''''''''' PARAMETER SECTION ''''''
start_row = 5
end_row = 200
wcol = "A"
hcol = "B"
bcol = "C"
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
For i = start_row To end_row
Cells(i, bcol).Value = Cells(i, wcol).Value * Cells(i, hcol).Value
Next i
End Sub
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Just started a new job. I'm automating a month-end report and I'm new at VBA. Been googling most of my issues with success, but I've finally run into a wall. In essence I'm downloading some data from SAP and from there I need to build a report.
My question is: How to do a sumif function using loops in VBA?
Data pull:
Sheet1 contains a product code and purchase amounts (columns A & B) respectively. One product code can have several purchases (several rows with the same product code).
Steps so far:
I arranged the data sheet1 to be in ascending order.
Copied unique values for the product codes onto another sheet (sheet2). So Sheet2 has a list of all the products (in ascending order).
I want to get the sum of all purchases in sheet2 column B (per product code). I know how to do this using formulas, but I need to automate this as much as possible. (+ I'm genuinely interested in figuring this out)
This is what I did in VBA so far:
Sub Macro_test()
Dim tb As Worksheet
Dim tb2 As Worksheet
Dim x As Integer
Dim y As Integer
Dim lrow As Long
Set tb = Sheets("sheet1")
Set tb2 = Sheets("sheet2")
lrow = tb.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For x = 2 To lrow
For y = 2 To lrow
If tb2.Cells(x, 1).Value = tb.Cells(y, 1).Value Then
tb2.Cells(x, 2).Value = tb.Cells(y, 2).Value
End If
Next y
Next x
End Sub
If i'm not mistaken, for each product_code in sheet2 col A, I'm looping through all the product codes in sheet1 and getting back the LAST value it finds, instead of the sum of all values... I understand why it doesn't work, I just don't know how to fix it.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
This statement overwrites the value of tb2.Cells(x, 2).Value at each iteration:
tb2.Cells(x, 2).Value = tb.Cells(y, 2).Value
Instead, I think you need to keep adding to it:
tb2.Cells(x, 2).Value = tb2.Cells(x, 2).Value + tb.Cells(y, 2).Value
But I don't like the looks of your double-loop which uses only one lrow variable to represent the "last row" on the two different worksheets, that could be causing some issues.
Or, in your loop do something like this which I think will avoid the duplicate sum. Still, assumes the second worksheet doesn't initially have any value in
' Base our lRow on Sheet2, we don't care how many rows in Sheet1.
lrow = tb2.Cells(tb2.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Dim cl as Range
Set cl = tb.Cells(2,1) 'Our initial cell value / ID
For x = 2 to lRow '## Look the rows on Sheet 2
'## Check if the cell on Sheet1 == cell on Sheet2
While cl.Value = tb2.Cells(x,1).Value
'## Add cl.Value t- the tb2 cell:
tb2.Cells(x, 2).Value = tb2.Cells(x, 2).Value + cl.Offset(0,1).Value
Set cl = cl.Offset(1) '## Reassign to the next Row
Wend
Next
But it would be better to omit the double-loop and simply use VBA to do 1 of the following:
1. Insert The Formula:
(See Scott Holtzman's answer).
This approach is better for lots of reasons, not the least of which is that the WorksheetFunction is optimized already, so it should arguably perform better though on a small dataset the difference in runtime will be negligible. The other reason is that it's stupid to reinvent the wheel unless you have a very good justification for doing so, so in this case, why write your own version of code that accomplishes what the built-in SumIf already does and is specifically designed to do?
This approach is also ideal if the reference data may change, as the cell formulas will automatically recalculate based on the data in Sheet1.
2. Evaluate the formula & replace with values only:
If you prefer not to retain the formula, then a simple Value assignment can remove the formula but retain the results:
With .Range(.Range("B2"), .Range("A2").End(xlDown).Offset(, 1))
.FormulaR1C1 = "=SUMIF(Sheet1!C[-1]:C[-1],RC[-1],Sheet1!C:C)"
.Value = .Value 'This line gets rid of the formula but retains the values
End With
Use this approach if you will be removing Sheet1, as removing the referents will break the formula on Sheet2, or if you otherwise want the Sheet2 to be a "snapshot" instead of a dynamic summation.
If you really need this automated, take advantage of VBA to place the formula for you. It's very quick and easy using R1C1 notation.
Complete code (tested):
Dim tb As Worksheet
Dim tb2 As Worksheet
Set tb = Sheets("sheet1")
Set tb2 = Sheets("sheet2")
Dim lrow As Long
lrow = tb.Cells(tb.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
tb.Range("A2:A" & lrow).Copy tb2.Range("A2")
With tb2
.Range("A2").CurrentRegion.RemoveDuplicates 1
With .Range(.Range("B2"), .Range("A2").End(xlDown).Offset(, 1))
.FormulaR1C1 = "=SUMIF(Sheet1!C[-1]:C[-1],RC[-1],Sheet1!C:C)"
End With
End With
Note that with R1C1 notation the C and R are not referring to column or row letters . Rather they are the column and row offsets from the place where the formula is stored on the specific worksheet. In this case Sheet!C[-1] refers to the entire A column of sheet one, since the formula is entered into column B of sheet 2.
I wrote a neat little algorithm (if you can call it that) that does what you want them spits out grouped by totals into another sheet. Basically it loops through the first section to get unique names/labels and stores them into an array. Then it iterates through that array and adds up values if the current iteration matches what the current iteration of the nested loop position.
Private Sub that()
Dim this As Variant
Dim that(9, 1) As String
Dim rowC As Long
Dim colC As Long
this = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet4").UsedRange
rowC = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet4").UsedRange.Rows.Count
colC = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet4").UsedRange.Columns.Count
Dim thisname As String
Dim i As Long
Dim y As Long
Dim x As Long
For i = LBound(this, 1) To UBound(this, 1)
thisname = this(i, 1)
For x = LBound(that, 1) To UBound(that, 1)
If thisname = that(x, 0) Then
Exit For
ElseIf thisname <> that(x, 0) And that(x, 0) = vbNullString Then
that(x, 0) = thisname
Exit For
End If
Next x
Next i
For i = LBound(that, 1) To UBound(that, 1)
thisname = that(i, 0)
For j = LBound(this, 1) To UBound(this, 1)
If this(j, 1) = thisname Then
thisvalue = thisvalue + this(j, 2)
End If
Next j
that(i, 1) = thisvalue
thisvalue = 0
Next i
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("sheet5").Range(ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet5").Cells(1, 1), ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet5").Cells(rowC, colC)).Value2 = that
End Sub
Yay arrays
I need help.
I have words and numbers in column A3:A500
and I need to change their names.
if a cell contains the word "previ" than put in a new column the letter "p" if the cells is a number. if its a word then dont put "p"
...like turning a flag on and off.
This is what i have:
Sub()
For i=3 to 500
x= range("a:"&i).value
If x contains "previ" Then
prevflag=1
ElseIf x is not integer Then
prevflag=0
End If
If prevflag=1 Then
range("H:"& i )= "p"
End If
Next i
End Sub
Can you guys help me make this work?
and thank you!!
this is what it needs to look like
https://postimg.org/image/e62z4xwlj/
Looking at your example, it looks like you want to put the "p" in rows in a section with a header that contains "previ" but not in a section with a header that doesn't. You also seem to want "p" in rows which have a blank in column A, not just integers. Does the below work for you?
Public Sub addPs()
Dim previFlag As Boolean
Dim c As Range: For Each c In Range("a1:a51")
If InStr(c.Value, "previ") > 0 Then
previFlag = True
ElseIf Not IsNumeric(c.Value) Then
previFlag = False
End If
If IsNumeric(c.Value) Then
If Int(c.Value) = c.Value And previFlag Then c.Offset(0, 3) = "p"
End If
Next c
End Sub
you may be after something like this
Option Explicit
Sub main()
Dim iRow As Long, lastRow As Long
lastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).row
iRow = 3
Do
If InStr(Cells(iRow, 1).Value, "previ") > 0 Then '<--| if current cell contains "previ
iRow = iRow + 1 '<--| then then start scanning for numeric values
Do
If IsNumeric(Cells(iRow, 1).Value) Then Cells(iRow, 3).Value = "p" '<--| if current cell is numeric then write "p" two cells left of it
iRow = iRow + 1
Loop While InStr(Cells(iRow, 1).Value, "Type") = 0 And iRow <= lastRow
Else
iRow = iRow + 1 '<--| else skip to next row
End If
Loop While iRow <= lastRow
End Sub
just change the column offset to your needs (you wrote column "H" but your example has "p"s in column "C")
I did not understand the cases, but still, this is how you check for numeric values:
?isnumeric(6)
True
?isnumeric("test")
False
In your code:
else if not isnumeric(x) then
Does this need to be done with VBA? You could put this formula in H3 and paste it down to H500:
=IF(ISERROR(FIND("previ",A3)),"","p")
However, this doesnt deal with your number criteria, but I don't know what you mean by that. If a cell contains "previ", that cell is not numeric. It may have some numeric digits in it somewhere, but "previ04578" is not a number. Could you share some sample data? Failing that you can check for any numeric digit with stacked substitutions and a length comparison, for example:
=IF(ISERROR(FIND("previ",A3)),"",IF(LEN(A1)=LEN(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(SUBSTITUTE(A3,"0",""),"9",""),"8",""),"7",""),"6",""),"5",""),"4",""),"3",""),"2",""),"1","")),"p",""))
Another alternative...
Sub FlagRows()
Dim i As Long, val As Variant, bFlag As Boolean: bFlag = False
With Sheets("Sheet1")
For i = 1 To 500
val = .Cells(i, 1).Value
bFlag = IIf(Not IsNumeric(val), IIf(InStr(CStr(val), "previ"), True, False), bFlag)
If IsNumeric(val) And bFlag = True Then .Cells(i, 4).Value = "p"
Next i
End With
End Sub
I'm trying to use the trim function without success. After searching for the solution on this forum and other sources online I have seen many different approaches.
Is there no simple way of trimming a cell in VBA?
What I want is something like this:
Sub trimloop()
Dim row As Integer
row = 1
Do While Cells(row, 1) <> ""
Cells(row, 2) = trim(Cells(row, 2))
row = row + 1
Loop
So that when there is a value in column A (1) the value in column B (2) should be trimmed of any extra spaces. I just cant get this to work for me.
Appreciate any help/tips!
Regards
Jim
So i made the code a bit accurate and mistakeproof and it worked.
So i can recommend you to double check, if you have correct row and column values, because you probably targeting wrong cells. (cause your code is working)
Sub trimloop()
Dim row As Integer
Dim currentSheet As Worksheet
Set currentSheet = sheets("Sheet1")
row = 2
Do While currentSheet.Cells(row, 1) <> ""
currentSheet.Cells(row, 2).Value = Trim(currentSheet.Cells(row, 2).Value)
row = row + 1
Loop
End Sub
Use Application.WorksheetFunction.Trim(string)
Sub trimloop()
Dim row As Integer
row = 1
With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet
Do While .Cells(row, 1) <> ""
.Cells(row, 2) = Application.WorksheetFunction.Trim(.Cells(row, 2))
row = row + 1
Loop
End With
End Sub
this is the optimized version of your code, in case of big data sheets:
Option Explicit
Sub trimloop()
Dim row As Long, max As Long
Dim Data() As Variant
With ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)
max = .Cells(1, 1).End(xlDown).row 'this does the same as your code, on first empty cell it stops
'the following finds the last un-empty cell of column(1):
'max= .cells(.rows.count,1).end(xlup).row
'copies values from sheet to memory (is faster for working with later)
Data = .Range(.Cells(1, 1), .Cells(max, 2)).Value2
'loop :
For row = 2 To max + 1
'work with memory instead of sheet
Data(row, 2) = Trim(Data(row, 2))
'for complete delete of all spaces use : = replace( StringName," ", "")
Next row
'write back to sheet
.Range(.Cells(1, 1), .Cells(max, 2)).Value2 = Data
End With
erase Data 'free memory
End Sub
Don't know if this overly simplified... but thought I would simply throw it out there this worked for me. The only predecessor step is you assign a "named range" to your workbook/worksheet/dataset ... name a data set and then iterate over the data set with this code
Sub forEachLoop()
For Each cell In Range("yourNamedRange")
cell.Value = Trim(cell.Value)
Next cell
End Sub
Is there a way to check if all cells in a column are less than 1? If there were only a few cells, with the number of cells known up front, I would use the code below.
However, from case to case the number of cells in column A will vary. I need to know if any of the cells in column A is less than 1.
If there is one (or more) cell containing a value less than 1, I need a cell (A1 for example) to show NOT OK. If only ALL the cells' values are greater than 1, I need the cell (A1 for example) to show OK.
If all cells in column A have values greater than 1, I want to continue and check column B for the same thing. Otherwise I want to save and close the workbook and continue with next open workbook...also with vba code.
Any suggestions on how to write this in VBA? Maybe there is way other than If(AND...)?
Sub IfAnd()
IF(AND(A5>1,A4>1,A3>1,A2>1),"OK", "NOT OK")
End Sub
This code will solve all your columns and insert the data in THE FIRST ROW OF EACH COLUMN
Sub Problems()
Dim CurCol, LastRow, LastCol as Long
LastCol = Cells(2, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
For CurCol = 1 to LastCol
LastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, CurCol).End(xlUp).Row
If WorksheetFunction.Min(Range(Cells(2, CurCol), Cells(LastRow, CurCol))) < 1 Then
Cells(1, CurCol).Value = "NOT OK"
Else
Cells(1, CurCol).Value = "OK"
End If
Next CurCol
End Sub
Here is a way of doing it without any worksheet functions.
Sub test()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim ce As Range
Dim sr, lr, lc As Integer
'worksheet you are working with
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1)
'column you are searching
Set ce = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, 1)
'start row set to 2 so row 1 will contain output
Let sr = 2
'search only the last row
Let lr = ce.End(xlUp).Row
Let lc = ws.Cells(sr, ws.Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
For c = 1 To lc
For r = sr To lr
If ws.Cells(r, c).Value < 1 Then
ws.Cells(1, c).Value = "NOT OK"
GoTo NotOK
End If
Next r
ws.Cells(1, c).Value = "OK"
NotOK:
Set ce = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, c+1)
Let lr = ce.End(xlUp).Row
Next c
End Sub
This should be faster and more efficient for large data sets. Especially if it is sorted smallest to largest.
Here you are:
=IF(MAX(A:A)<1)
If VBA is not required, here is a worksheet formula that should do the job, and will also ignore blanks and non-numeric entries:
This formula must be array-entered:
=IF(ISNUMBER(MATCH(TRUE,IF(ISNUMBER($A:$A),$A:$A)<1,0)),"NOT OK","OK")
If this formula must be located in A1, change the range references from $A:$A to $A$2:$A$1000 where 1000 represents the highest conceivable row number for the data.
To array-enter a formula, after entering
the formula into the cell or formula bar, hold down
< ctrl-shift > while hitting < enter >. If you did this
correctly, Excel will place braces {...} around the formula.
So, I'm trying to figure out how to write an Excel macro to populate Column C with either 3 or a 4 depending on the amount of numbers contained in Column B.
I have searched up and down for the right wording to this, but I keep coming up short.
Basically, I need the macro to look at the number of digits in Column B. If there are 12 digits then the number is a UPC, and if there are 13 then the number is an EAN. I then need the macro to populate Column C with a 3 for UPCs and a 4 for EANs. This needs to be for the entire range of rows in the spreadsheet.
Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks a lot in advance!
You don't need to use a dirty old loop, try this (much faster if you have lots of rows):
Sub HTH()
With Sheet1.Range("B1", Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp)).Offset(, 1)
.Formula = "=IF(LEN(TRIM(B1))=12,3,IF(LEN(TRIM(B1))=13,4,""""))"
.Value = .Value
End With
End Sub
Or use a user defined function, which has the advantage of changing when the data in column B is updated.
Better yet just use a formula, you don't really need VBA.
Alternative VBA Method (looping the fast way):
Sub HTH()
Dim vArray As Variant
Dim lCnt As Long
With Range("B1", Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp))
vArray = .Value
For lCnt = 1 To UBound(vArray, 1)
Select Case Len(Trim(vArray(lCnt, 1)))
Case 12: vArray(lCnt, 1) = 3
Case 13: vArray(lCnt, 1) = 4
Case Else:
End Select
Next lCnt
.Offset(, 1).Value = vArray
End With
End Sub
You can get the length of a cell's value by using Len() like this Len(Range("A1")) for example.
Now you just need to loop through your column and look at each value. If you look for the last used cell and loop only through that range your loop will be faster.
Here is how I would do it:
sub TestUPC()
With ActiveSheet
LastRow = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row
End With
Dim rRng As Range
Set rRng = Range("B1:B" & LastRow)
For Each cell In rRng.Cells
If Len(Trim(cell))=12 then
cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = 3
ElseIf Len(Trim(cell))=13 then
cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = 4
End If
Next
End Sub
An in cell equation could look like this:
=IF(LEN(B1)=12,3,IF(LEN(B1)=13,4," "))
As suggested in the comments you might want to test for spaces depending on your data:
=IF(LEN(TRIM(A1))=12,3,IF(LEN(TRIM(A1))=13,4," "))