Excel, comparing two specific rows in two sheets and highlighting the differences - vba

Before commenting on saying that there are similar questions, Ive tried them but they do not work unfortunately
Hi, this is the first time I am on S.O, rest assured, I have spent hours looking for a solution for this. I have a status column which shows statuses such as, deleted, new, changed.
When the status is "changed", I would like to compare that particular row from column E to the last possible column in Excel (XFD) in Sheet3 to columns A to the last possible column in Excel (XFD) in Sheet1 and highlight the cells which are different.
I have found this solution:-
Dim diffB As Boolean
Dim r As Long, c As Integer, m As Integer
Dim lr1 As Long, lr2 As Long, lc1 As Integer, lc2 As Integer
Dim maxR As Long, maxC As Integer, cf1 As String, cf2 As String
Dim rptWB As Workbook, DiffCount As Long
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.StatusBar = "Creating the report..."
Application.DisplayAlerts = True
With Sheet1.UsedRange
lr1 = .Rows.Count
lc1 = .Columns.Count
End With
With Sheet3.UsedRange
lr2 = .Rows.Count
lc2 = .Columns.Count
End With
maxR = lr1
maxC = lc1
If maxR < lr2 Then maxR = lr2
If maxC < lc2 Then maxC = lc2
DiffCount = 0
For c = 1 To maxC
For i = 2 To lr1
diffB = True
Application.StatusBar = "Comparing cells " & Format(i / maxR, "0 %") & "..."
For r = 2 To lr2
cf1 = ""
cf2 = ""
On Error Resume Next
cf1 = Sheet1.Cells(i, c).FormulaLocal
cf2 = Sheet3.Cells(r, c).FormulaLocal
On Error GoTo 0
If cf1 = cf2 Then
diffB = False
Sheet1.Cells(i, c).Interior.ColorIndex = 19
Sheet1.Cells(i, c).Select
Selection.Font.Bold = True
Exit For
End If
Next r
If diffB Then
DiffCount = DiffCount + 1
Sheet1.Cells(i, c).Interior.ColorIndex = 0
Sheet1.Cells(i, c).Select
Selection.Font.Bold = False
End If
Next i
Next c3
Application.StatusBar = "Formatting the report..."
'Columns("A:IV").ColumnWidth = 10
m = maxR - DiffCount - 1
Application.StatusBar = False
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
MsgBox m & " cells contain same values!", vbInformation, _
"Compare " & Sheet1.Name & " with " & Sheet3.Name
However, this compares columns and I do not know how to limit the comparison to column E-XFD in sheet1 to column A-XFD in sheet2.
There are also several sheets in this workbook but I only want to compare sheet1 and sheet2.
It will be much appreciated if you guys can help me out :)
Thanks!

Dim lrOne As Integer
Dim lcOne As Integer
Dim lrTwo As Integer
Dim lcTwo As Integer
Dim cellA As Variant
Dim cellB As Variant
Dim cellCnt As Integer
Dim lookupRange As Range
Dim lookinRange As Range
lrOne = Sheet1.Cells(Rows.Count, 5).End(xlUp).Row
lrTwo = Sheet3.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
lcOne = Sheet1.Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
lcTwo = Sheet3.Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
Set lookupRange = Sheet1.Range(Cells(1,5), Cells(lrOne, lcOne))
Set lookinRange = Sheet3.Range(Cells(1,1), Cells(lrTwo, lcTwo))
For Each cellA In lookupRange
For Each cellB in lookinRange
If cellA.Value = cellB.Value And cellA.Value <> "" Then
cellB.Interior.ColorIndex = 3
cellCnt = cellCnt + 1
End If
Next cellB
Next cellA

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count row cell and copy and paste

I using my code for working with c# based macro soft
but i want do my macro only using VBA, not using c#
is it can do it? not using point?
Data in B2~Bxxxxx
my c# program do copy B2 cell value and paste another worksheets K3 cell
run macro under code
Sub CopyRows()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
ActiveSheet.DisplayPageBreaks = False
Dim bottomL As Long
Dim x As Long
bottomL = Sheets("Total").Range("L" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row: x = 1
Dim c As Range
Dim lr As Long
lr = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
For Each c In Sheets("Total").Range("K1:K" & bottomL)
If c.Value = "Inside" Then
c.EntireRow.Copy Worksheets("filter").Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)
x = x + 1
End If
Next c
End Sub
then my c# program do select b3 and copy to otherworksheet k3 cell then run macro then loop that process and end be cell on Bxxxxx
anyone know that working only using VBA?
Thanks and Sorry for my Bad English
In VBA make the full code like this:
Function CopyRows()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.EnableEvents = False
ActiveSheet.DisplayPageBreaks = False
Dim bottomL As Long
Dim x As Long
bottomL = Sheets("Total").Range("L" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
x = 1
Dim c As Range Dim lr As Long
lr = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
For Each c In Sheets("Total").Range("K1:K" & bottomL)
If c.Value = "Inside" Then
c.EntireRow.Copy
Worksheets("filter").Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)
x = x + 1
End If
Next c
End Function
Sub Main()
Dim bottomB As Long
Dim y As Long
bottomB = Range("B" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For y = 2 To bottomB
Range("B" & 2).Copy Worksheets("Total").Range("K3")
CopyRows
Next
End Sub
Then only run Sub Main().
Thanks Wasif Hasan
I already using like this code i made
Sub dual()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False ActiveSheet.DisplayPageBreaks = False
Dim i As Long
Dim totalRows As Long
Dim lastRow As Long
Dim Number As Long
Dim nowRows As Long
Dim bottomL As Long
Dim x As Long
Dim c As Range
Dim lr As Long
bottomL = Sheets("Total").Range("L" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row: x = 1
lr = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
With Worksheets("List")
'for looping
totalRows = .Cells(.Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row
'index of row to add from
lastRow = totalRows + 1 '<--| start pasting values one row below the last non empty one in column "B"
'data starts at row #2
For i = 2 To totalRows
If .Cells(i, 2).Value > 0 Then
Worksheets("List").Cells(i, "B").Copy
Worksheets("Total").Range("K3").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
lastRow = lastRow + Number
For Each c In Sheets("Total").Range("L1:L" & bottomL)
If c.Value = "Inside" Then
c.EntireRow.Copy Worksheets("filter").Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0)
x = x + 1
End If
Next c
End If
Next i
End With Application.ScreenUpdating = True ActiveSheet.DisplayPageBreaks = True End Sub
but its lost many data at copy&paste
so it need wait paste done
so i using other program
is it any option to make waiting paste done?
Thnaks your Answer
If it is not necessary to copy and paste than try not to use that command. It is faster to just use cell1.Value = cell2.Value.
In your case you should declare a variable to count the total amount of columns in b. Then use a loop to go through b2 up to bx.
Example:
dim i as Integer
dim j as Integer
j = 3
For i = 2 to totalCount
Worksheet.Cells(2, i).Value = Worksheet2.Cells(11, j)
j = j + 1
Next i
In the above 2 = Column B and 11 = Column K

Running Macro Crashes Excel

I'm trying to run a macro but now it keeps freezing excel.
It runs with 10 cells, but when the macro is applied to almost two hundred, it freezes and crashes.
Sub eancheck()
Dim s1 As Worksheet, s2 As Worksheet
Dim Msg As String
Set s1 = Sheets("Sheet1")
Set s2 = Sheets("Sheet3")
Dim lr1 As Long, lr2 As Long
lr1 = s1.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
lr2 = s2.Range("a" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For i = 2 To lr1
s1.Cells(i, "D").Interior.ColorIndex = 0
For j = 2 To lr2
If s2.Range("A" & j) = s1.Range("D" & i) Then
's1.Range("D" & i) = s2.Range("B" & j)
s1.Cells(i, "D").Interior.ColorIndex = 3
End If
Next j
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I'm having problems with other macros too, and i think is because of the size of the range. How can i fix it?
Note: The macro runs when searching 10 values in a sheet with two columns with almost 200.000 values each, but when instead of 10 is 200, crashes.
Use conditional formatting in your sheet1 with formula and apply it on range like D2:D5000 or whatever is suitable.
=COUNTIF(Sheet3!A2,D2)>0
Try Declaring all the required variables separately.
Use Application.ScreenUpdating = false in the beginning of the program.
Your first line of for loop can be outside the for loop as well.
Use Collections to make the checks.
For Example, I started with data like this on Sheet 1 Col A,
And data like this on Sheet 3 Col A.
And this is the Macro that I have,
Sub eancheck()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim s1 As Worksheet
Dim s2 As Worksheet
Dim Msg As String
Dim lr1 As Long
Dim lr2 As Long
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim Sheet1ObjectsCol As Collection
Dim Sheet3ObjectsCol As Collection
Dim IdentifierCol As Collection
Set s1 = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
Set s2 = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet3")
Set Sheet1ObjectsCol = New Collection
Set Sheet3ObjectsCol = New Collection
Set IdentifierCol = New Collection
lr1 = s1.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
lr2 = s2.Range("a" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
s1.Range("D2" & ":" & "D" & lr1).Interior.ColorIndex = 0
'Load the collections
For i = 2 To lr1
Sheet1ObjectsCol.Add s1.Range("A" & i).Value
Next
'Load the collections
On Error Resume Next
For i = 2 To lr2
Sheet3ObjectsCol.Add s2.Range("A" & i).Value, CStr(s2.Range("A" & i).Value)
Next
'Create the Identifier Collection
For i = 1 To Sheet1ObjectsCol.Count
ColorValReq = 0
For j = 1 To Sheet3ObjectsCol.Count
If Sheet1ObjectsCol(i) = Sheet3ObjectsCol(j) Then
ColorValReq = 3
GoTo Idenitified
End If
Next
Idenitified:
IdentifierCol.Add ColorValReq
Next
For i = 1 To IdentifierCol.Count
j = i + 1
If IdentifierCol(i) = 3 then
s1.Range("D" & j).Interior.ColorIndex = IdentifierCol(i)
End if
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
And this is the output I got,

Speed Up Macro Extracting Rows from Data using Column to Match

I'm looking for a way to speed up this code as it takes my computer 20-30 minutes to run. It essentially runs through a list of column values in sheet "A" and if It matches a column value in sheet "B" it will pull the entire corresponding row to the sheet "Match".
Sub MatchSheets()
Dim lastRowAF As Integer
Dim lastRowL As Integer
Dim lastRowM As Integer
Dim foundTrue As Boolean
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
lastRowAF = Sheets("FHA").Cells(Sheets("FHA").Rows.Count, "AF").End(xlUp).Row
lastRowL = Sheets("New Construction").Cells(Sheets("New Construction").Rows.Count, "L").End(xlUp).Row
lastRowM = Sheets("Match").Cells(Sheets("Match").Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To lastRowAF
foundTrue = False
For j = 1 To lastRowL
If Sheets("FHA").Cells(i, 32).Value = Sheets("New Construction").Cells(j, 12).Value Then
foundTrue = True
Exit For
End If
Next j
If foundTrue Then
Sheets("FHA").Rows(i).Copy Destination:= _
Sheets("Match").Rows(lastRowM + 1)
lastRowM = lastRowM + 1
End If
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Collections are optimized for looking values. Using a combination of a Collection and Array is usually the best way to match two list. 20K Rows X 54 Columns (140K Values) took this code 10.87 seconds to copy over on a slow PC.
Sub NewMatchSheets()
Dim t As Double: t = Timer
Const NUM_FHA_COLUMNS As Long = 54, AF As Long = 32
Dim list As Object
Dim key As Variant, data() As Variant, results() As Variant
Dim c As Long, r As Long, count As Long
ReDim results(1 To 50000, 1 To 100)
Set list = CreateObject("System.Collections.ArrayList")
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("New Construction")
data = .Range("L1", .Cells(.Rows.count, "L").End(xlUp)).Value
For Each key In data
If key <> "" Then
If Not list.Contains(key) Then list.Add key
End If
Next
End With
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("FHA")
data = .Range(.Range("A1").Resize(1, NUM_FHA_COLUMNS), .Cells(.Rows.count, AF).End(xlUp)).Value
For r = 1 To UBound(data)
key = data(r, AF)
If list.Contains(key) Then
count = count + 1
For c = 1 To UBound(data, 2)
results(count, c) = data(r, c)
Next
End If
Next
End With
If count = 0 Then Exit Sub
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Match")
With .Cells(.Rows.count, "A").End(xlUp)
.Offset(1).Resize(count, NUM_FHA_COLUMNS).Value = results
End With
End With
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Debug.Print Round(Timer - t, 2)
End Sub
use variant arrays:
Sub MatchSheets()
Dim lastRowAF As Long
Dim lastRowL As Long
Dim lastRowM As Long
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
lastRowAF = Sheets("FHA").Cells(Sheets("FHA").Rows.Count, "AF").End(xlUp).Row
lastRowL = Sheets("New Construction").Cells(Sheets("New Construction").Rows.Count, "L").End(xlUp).Row
lastRowM = Sheets("Match").Cells(Sheets("Match").Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
Dim FHAArr As Variant
FHAArr = Sheets("FHA").Range(Sheets("FHA").Cells(1, 1), Sheets("FHA").Cells(lastRowAF, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft)).Value
Dim NewConArr As Variant
NewConArr = Sheets("New Construction").Range(Sheets("New Construction").Cells(1, 12), Sheets("New Construction").Cells(lastRowL, 12)).Value
Dim outarr As Variant
ReDim outarr(1 To UBound(FHAArr, 1), 1 To UBound(FHAArr, 2))
Dim k As Long
k = 0
Dim l As Long
For i = 1 To lastRowAF
For j = 1 To lastRowL
If FHAArr(i, 32) = NewConArr(j, 1) Then
For l = 1 To UBound(FHAArr, 2)
k = k + 1
outarr(k, l) = FHAArr(i, l)
Next l
Exit For
End If
Next j
Next i
Sheets("Match").Cells(lastRowM + 1, 1).Resize(UBound(outarr, 1), UBound(outarr, 2)).Value = outarr
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
FHA Worksheet: 2500 rows by 50 columnsNew Construction Worksheet: 500 rows by 1 column LMatch Worksheet: 450 transfers from FMA Elapsed time: 0.13 seconds
Get rid of all the nested loop and work with arrays.
Your narrative seemed to suggest that there might be multiple matches for any one value but your code only looks for a single match then Exit For. I'll work with the latter of the two scenarios.
Sub MatchSheets()
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim vFM As Variant, vNC As Variant
Debug.Print Timer
With Worksheets("New Construction")
vNC = .Range(.Cells(1, "L"), _
.Cells(.Rows.Count, "L").End(xlUp)).Value2
End With
With Worksheets("FHA")
vFM = .Range(.Cells(1, "A"), _
.Cells(.Rows.Count, _
.Cells(1, .Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column).End(xlUp)).Value2
End With
ReDim vM(LBound(vFM, 2) To UBound(vFM, 2), 1 To 1)
For i = LBound(vFM, 1) To UBound(vFM, 1)
If Not IsError(Application.Match(vFM(i, 32), vNC, 0)) Then
For j = LBound(vFM, 2) To UBound(vFM, 2)
vM(j, UBound(vM, 2)) = vFM(i, j)
Next j
ReDim Preserve vM(LBound(vFM, 2) To UBound(vFM, 2), LBound(vM, 2) To UBound(vM, 2) + 1)
End If
Next i
With Worksheets("match")
.Cells(.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0).Resize(UBound(vM, 2), UBound(vM, 1)) = _
Application.Transpose(vM)
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Debug.Print Timer
End Sub
Try changing this line:
Sheets("FHA").Rows(i).Copy Destination:= _
Sheets("Match").Rows(lastRowM + 1)
For the following line:
Sheets("Match").Rows(lastRowM + 1).Value for Sheets("FHA").Rows(i).value
If you really need to shave milliseconds, you could also set: lastRowM to be:
lastRowM = Sheets("Match").Cells(Sheets("Match").Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row + 1
And use:
Sheets("Match").Rows(lastRowM).Value for Sheets("FHA").Rows(i).value
Thus saving you an addition every time you go through that part of the code

Speed Up Matching program in Excel VBA

I am writing a VBA code on excel using loops to go through 10000+ lines.
Here is an example of the table
And here is the code I wrote :
Sub Find_Matches()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim xrow As Long
Set wb = ActiveWorkbook
wb.Worksheets("Data").Activate
tCnt = Sheets("Data").UsedRange.Rows.Count
Dim e, f, a, j, h As Range
xrow = 2
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.Calculation = xlManual
For xrow = 2 To tCnt Step 1
Set e = Range("E" & xrow)
Set f = e.Offset(0, 1)
Set a = e.Offset(0, -4)
Set j = e.Offset(0, 5)
Set h = e.Offset(0, 3)
For Each Cell In Range("E2:E" & tCnt)
If Cell.Value = e.Value Then
If Cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = f.Value Then
If Cell.Offset(0, -4).Value = a.Value Then
If Cell.Offset(0, 5).Value = j.Value Then
If Cell.Offset(0, 3).Value = h.Value Then
If (e.Offset(0, 7).Value) + (Cell.Offset(0, 7).Value) = 0 Then
Cell.EntireRow.Interior.Color = vbYellow
e.EntireRow.Interior.Color = vbYellow
End If
End If
End If
End If
End If
End If
Next
Next
End Sub
As you can imagine, this is taking a lot of time to go through 10000+ lines and I would like to find a faster solution. There must be a method I don't think to avoid the over looping
Here are the condition :
For each line, if another line anywhere in the file has the exact same
:
Buyer ID (col. E)
`# purchased (col. F)
Product ID (col.A)
Payment (col. J)
Date purchased (col. H)
Then, if the SUM of the Amount (col. L) the those two matching line is
0, then color both rows in yellow.
Note that extra columns are present and not being compared (eg- col. B) but are still important for the document and cannot be deleted to ease the process.
Running the previous code, in my example, row 2 & 5 get highlighted :
This is using nested dictionaries and arrays to check all conditions
Timer with my test data: Rows: 100,001; Dupes: 70,000 - Time: 14.217 sec
Option Explicit
Public Sub FindMatches()
Const E = 5, F = 6, A = 1, J = 10, H = 8, L = 12
Dim ur As Range, x As Variant, ub As Long, d As Object, found As Object
Set ur = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Data").UsedRange
x = ur
Set d = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
Set found = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
Dim r As Long, rId As String, itm As Variant, dupeRows As Object
For r = ur.Row To ur.Rows.Count
rId = x(r, E) & x(r, F) & x(r, A) & x(r, J) & x(r, H)
If Not d.Exists(rId) Then
Set dupeRows = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
dupeRows(r) = 0
Set d(rId) = dupeRows
Else
For Each itm In d(rId)
If x(r, L) + x(itm, L) = 0 Then
found(r) = 0
found(itm) = 0
End If
Next
End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each itm In found
ur.Range("A" & itm).EntireRow.Interior.Color = vbYellow
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Before
After
I suggest a different approach altogether: add a temporary column to your data that contains a concatenation of each cell in the row. This way, you have:
A|B|C|D|E
1|Mr. Smith|500|A|1Mr. Smith500A
Then use Excel's conditional formatting on the temporary column, highlighting duplicate values. There you have your duplicated rows. Now it's only a matter of using a filter to check which ones have amounts equal to zero.
You can use the CONCATENATE function; it requires you to specify each cell separately and you can't use a range, but in your case (comparing only some of the columns) it seems like a good fit.
Maciej's answer is easy to implement (if you can add columns to your data without interrupting anything), and I would recommend it if possible.
However, for the sake of answering your question, I will contribute a VBA solution as well. I tested it on dataset that is a bit smaller than yours, but I think it will work for you. Note that you might have to tweak it a little (which row you start on, table name, etc) to fit your workbook.
Most notably, the segment commented with "Helper column" is something you most likely will have to adjust - currently, it compares every cell between A and H for the current row, which is something you may or may not want.
I've tried to include a little commentary in the code, but it's not much. The primary change is that I'm using in-memory processing of an array rather than iterating over a worksheet range (which for larger datasets should be exponentially faster).
Option Base 1
Option Explicit
' Uses ref Microsoft Scripting Runtime
Sub Find_Matches()
Dim wb As Workbook, ws As Worksheet
Dim xrow As Long, tCnt As Long
Dim e As Range, f As Range, a As Range, j As Range, h As Range
Dim sheetArr() As Variant, arr() As Variant
Dim colorTheseYellow As New Dictionary, colorResults() As String, dictItem As Variant
Dim arrSize As Long, i As Long, k As Long
Dim c As Variant
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
Set ws = wb.Worksheets("Data")
ws.Activate
tCnt = ws.UsedRange.Rows.Count
xrow = 2
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.Calculation = xlManual
' Read range into an array so we process in-memory
sheetArr = ws.Range("A2:H" & tCnt)
arrSize = UBound(sheetArr, 1)
' Build new arr with "helper column"
ReDim arr(1 To arrSize, 1 To 9)
For i = 1 To arrSize
For k = 1 To 8
arr(i, k) = sheetArr(i, k)
arr(i, 9) = CStr(arr(i, 9)) & CStr(arr(i, k)) ' "Helper column"
Next k
Next i
' Iterate over array & build collection to indicate yellow lines
For i = LBound(arr, 1) To UBound(arr, 1)
If Not colorTheseYellow.Exists(i) Then colorResults = Split(ReturnLines(arr(i, 9), arr), ";")
For Each c In colorResults
If Not colorTheseYellow.Exists(CLng(c)) Then colorTheseYellow.Add CLng(c), CLng(c)
Next c
Next i
' Enact row colors
For Each dictItem In colorTheseYellow
'Debug.Print "dict: "; dictItem
If dictItem <> 0 Then ws.ListObjects(1).ListRows(CLng(dictItem)).Range.Interior.Color = vbYellow
Next dictItem
End Sub
Function ReturnLines(ByVal s As String, ByRef arr() As Variant) As String
' Returns a "Index;Index" string indicating the index/indices where the second, third, etc. instance(s) of s was found
' Returns "0;0" if 1 or fewer matches
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim tmp As String
ReturnLines = 0
j = 0
tmp = "0"
'Debug.Print "arg: " & s
For i = LBound(arr, 1) To UBound(arr, 1)
If arr(i, 9) = s Then
j = j + 1
'Debug.Print "arr: " & arr(i, 9)
'Debug.Print "ReturnLine: " & i
tmp = tmp & ";" & CStr(i)
End If
Next i
'If Left(tmp, 1) = ";" Then tmp = Mid(tmp, 2, Len(tmp) - 1)
'Debug.Print "tmp: " & tmp
If j >= 2 Then
ReturnLines = tmp
Else
ReturnLines = "0;0"
End If
End Function
On my simple dataset, it yields this result (marked excellently with freehand-drawn color indicators):
Thanks everybody for your answers,
Paul Bica's solution actually worked and I am using a version of this code now.
But, just to animate the debate, I think I also found another way around my first code, inspired by Maciej's idea of concatenating the cells and using CStr to compare the values and, of course Vegard's in-memory processing by using arrays instead of going through the workbook :
Sub Find_MatchesStr()
Dim AmountArr(300) As Variant
Dim rowArr(300) As Variant
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim wb As Workbook
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Data")
ws.Activate
Range("A1").Select
rCnt = ws.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Row
For i = 2 To rCnt
If i = rCnt Then
Exit For
Else
intCnt = 0
strA = ws.Cells(i, 1).Value
strE = ws.Cells(i, 5).Value
strF = ws.Cells(i, 6).Value
strH = ws.Cells(i, 8).Value
strL = ws.Cells(i, 10).Value
For j = i To rCnt - 1
strSearchA = ws.Cells(j, 1).Value
strSearchE = ws.Cells(j, 5).Value
strSearchF = ws.Cells(j, 6).Value
strSearchH = ws.Cells(j, 8).Value
strSearchL = ws.Cells(j, 10).Value
If CStr(strE) = CStr(strSearchE) And CStr(strA) = CStr(strSearchA) And CStr(strF) = CStr(strSearchF) And CStr(strH) = CStr(strSearchH) And CStr(strL) = CStr(strSearchL) Then
AmountArr(k) = ws.Cells(j, 12).Value
rowArr(k) = j
intCnt = intCnt + 1
k = k + 1
Else
Exit For
End If
Next
strSum = 0
For s = 0 To UBound(AmountArr)
If AmountArr(s) <> "" Then
strSum = strSum + AmountArr(s)
Else
Exit For
End If
Next
strAppenRow = ""
For b = 0 To UBound(rowArr)
If rowArr(b) <> "" Then
strAppenRow = strAppenRow & "" & rowArr(b) & "," & AmountArr(b) & ","
Else
Exit For
End If
Next
If intCnt = 1 Then
Else
If strSum = 0 Then
For rn = 0 To UBound(rowArr)
If rowArr(rn) <> "" Then
Let rRange = rowArr(rn) & ":" & rowArr(rn)
Rows(rRange).Select
Selection.Interior.Color = vbYellow
Else
Exit For
End If
Next
Else
strvar = ""
strvar = Split(strAppenRow, ",")
For ik = 1 To UBound(strvar)
If strvar(ik) <> "" Then
strVal = CDbl(strvar(ik))
For ik1 = ik To UBound(strvar)
If strvar(ik1) <> "" Then
strVal1 = CDbl(strvar(ik1))
If strVal1 + strVal = 0 Then
Let sRange1 = strvar(ik - 1) & ":" & strvar(ik - 1)
Rows(sRange1).Select
Selection.Interior.Color = vbYellow
Let sRange = strvar(ik1 - 1) & ":" & strvar(ik1 - 1)
Rows(sRange).Select
Selection.Interior.Color = vbYellow
End If
Else
Exit For
End If
ik1 = ik1 + 1
Next
Else
Exit For
End If
ik = ik + 1
Next
End If
End If
i = i + (intCnt - 1)
k = 0
Erase AmountArr
Erase rowArr
End If
Next
Range("A1").Select
End Sub
I still have some mistakes (rows not higlighted when they should be), the above code is not perfect, but I thought it'd be OK to give you an idea of where I was going before Paul Bica's solution came in.
Thanks again !
If your data is only till column L, then use below code, I found it is taking less time to run....
Sub Duplicates()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Dim i As Long, lrow As Long
lrow = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
Range("O2") = "=A2&E2&F2&J2&L2"
Range("P2") = "=COUNTIF(O:O,O2)"
Range("O2:P" & lrow).FillDown
Range("O2:O" & lrow).Copy
Range("O2:O" & lrow).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
Application.CutCopyMode = False
For i = 1 To lrow
If Cells(i, 16) = 2 Then
Cells(i, 16).EntireRow.Interior.Color = vbYellow
End If
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Range("O:P").Delete
Range("A1").Select
MsgBox "Done"
End Sub

VBA 2 dimension arrays: Compare Sheet1 vs Sheet2 and assign value to Sheet1 based on searching criteria

The below is my code. I have tried many different solutions but none seem to work. Any help would be appreciated.
Sub MultiDimensiionArray1()
'array for sheet one and sheet two
Dim myArraySheet1(0 To 3, 0 To 4) As Variant
Dim myArraySheet2(0 To 5, 0 To 4) As Variant
Dim i As Long, j As Long ' dimension counter for for sheet one
Dim Dimension1 As Long, Dimension2 As Long ' dimension counter for for sheet one
'number of rows in sheet one
Dim x As Integer, NumRows As Integer
Sheet1.Activate
NumRows = Range("B2", Range("B2").End(xlDown)).Rows.Count
'store everything on sheet one in array
For i = LBound(myArraySheet1, 1) To UBound(myArraySheet1, 1)
For j = LBound(myArraySheet1, 2) To UBound(myArraySheet1, 2)
myArraySheet1(i, j) = Range("A2").Offset(i, j).Value
Next j
Next i
'store everything on sheet two in array
Sheet2.Activate
For Dimension1 = LBound(myArraySheet2, 1) To UBound(myArraySheet2, 1)
For Dimension2 = LBound(myArraySheet2, 2) To UBound(myArraySheet2, 2)
myArraySheet2(Dimension1, Dimension2) = Range("A2").Offset(Dimension1, Dimension2).Value
Next Dimension2
Next Dimension1
'READ FROM ARRAY/OR DISPLAY THE RESULT
Sheet1.Activate
' Select sheet one cell G2
Range("G2").Select
' Establish "For" loop to loop "numrows" number of times.
For x = 1 To NumRows
For i = LBound(myArraySheet1, 1) To UBound(myArraySheet1, 1)
For j = LBound(myArraySheet1, 2) To UBound(myArraySheet1, 2)
For Dimension1 = LBound(myArraySheet2, 1) To UBound(myArraySheet2, 1)
For Dimension2 = LBound(myArraySheet2, 2) To UBound(myArraySheet2, 2)
'if sheet one row equal to sheet two row execute the below code
If myArraySheet1(i, j) = myArraySheet2(Dimension1, Dimension2) Then
ActiveCell.Value = "YES IT IS DUPE AND NOT RESOLVED"
ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 4
ActiveCell.Font.ColorIndex = 2
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
Else
ActiveCell.Value = "Brand New"
ActiveCell.Interior.ColorIndex = 3
ActiveCell.Font.ColorIndex = 2
End If
Next Dimension2
Next Dimension1
Next j
Next i
Next
End Sub
I did not use array but the code below give you the expected output that you want:
Option Explicit
Sub Compare()
Dim wb As Workbook
Dim ws1 As Worksheet, ws2 As Worksheet
Dim Lastrow As Long, Lastrow2 As Long
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer, c As Integer
Dim FOUND As Boolean
Set wb = ThisWorkbook
Set ws1 = wb.Sheets("Sheet1")
Set ws2 = wb.Sheets("Sheet2")
Lastrow = ws1.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Lastrow2 = ws2.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
i = 2
Do
FOUND = False
For j = 2 To Lastrow2
For c = 1 To 5
If ws1.Cells(i, c).Value = ws2.Cells(j, c).Value Then
FOUND = True
Else
FOUND = False
Exit For
End If
Next c
If FOUND = True Then
ws1.Cells(i, 7) = "YES IT IS DUPE AND NOT RESOLVED"
Exit For
End If
Next j
If FOUND = False Then
ws1.Cells(i, 7) = "Brand new"
End If
i = i + 1
Loop While i < Lastrow + 1
End Sub
With this you'll have two arrays containing values of cells that aren't equal so you'll be able to use the values you need to do what you want
Sub Test()
Dim DiffSh1() As Variant
Dim DiffSh2() As Variant
Call Compare_Sheets(ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1"), ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet2"), DiffSh1, DiffSh2)
'Now you can use the values in the two arrays as you need
For x = LBound(DiffSh1, 1) To UBound(DiffSh1, 1)
For y = LBound(DiffSh1, 2) To UBound(DiffSh1, 2)
If DiffSh1(x, y) <> "" Then
MsgBox ("Cell at Row " & x & " Column " & y & " isn't equal:" & vbCrLf & _
"Value in sheet1 is: " & DiffSh1(x, y) & vbCrLf & _
"Value in sheet2 is: " & DiffSh2(x, y))
End If
Next y
Next x
End Sub
Public Sub Compare_Sheets(ByVal Sh1 As Worksheet, ByVal Sh2 As Worksheet, ByRef DiffIn1() As Variant, ByRef DiffIn2() As Variant)
Dim LastCol
Dim LastRow
LastCol = Sh1.Cells(1, 1).SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Column
If Sh2.Cells(1, 1).SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Column > LastCol Then
LastCol = Sh2.Cells(1, 1).SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Column
End If
LastRow = Sh1.Cells(1, 1).SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Row
If Sh2.Cells(1, 1).SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Row > LastRow Then
LastRow = Sh2.Cells(1, 1).SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Row
End If
ReDim DiffIn1(1 To LastRow, 1 To LastCol)
ReDim DiffIn2(1 To LastRow, 1 To LastCol)
Dim mCol As Long, mRow As Long
For mCol = 1 To LastCol
For mRow = 1 To LastRow
If Sh1.Cells(mRow, mCol) <> Sh2.Cells(mRow, mCol) Then
DiffIn1(mRow, mCol) = Sh1.Cells(mRow, mCol).Value
DiffIn2(mRow, mCol) = Sh2.Cells(mRow, mCol).Value
Else
DiffIn1(mRow, mCol) = ""
DiffIn2(mRow, mCol) = ""
End If
Next mRow
Next mCol
End Sub