distinguish between two different kinds of string and extract them - vba

So I have a column of notes in excel that has notes like "01/16 14:38 ATND [Notes from Dealer/Distributor] JR" and "01/16 14:14 ATND [Notes from Company] JR2" and "01/16 14:14 ATND [Notes from Company] TLO The item is back ordered"
As you can see after the bracket sign, there is a two letter or three letter codes of three different variations, JR, JR2 and TLO. I wrote a program that only distinguishes between JR and TLO but wont extract the code if its numbered for example, JR and JR2. If someone can help me with this, I would greatly appreciate it.
Sub G_ExtractCodes()
Dim LR As Long
LR = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Dim i As Long
Dim NoteCodes As Range
For i = LR To 2 Step -1
Set NoteCodes = Range("O" & i)
If InStr(NoteCodes, "JR") >= 1 Then
Cells(i, 20) = "JR"
ElseIf InStr(NoteCodes, "JR2") >= 1 Then
Cells(i, 20) = "JR2"
ElseIf InStr(NoteCodes, "TLO") >= 1 Then
Cells(i, 20) = "TLO"
End If
Next i
End Sub

Your first condition in the If statement is more restrictive than the first ElseIf clause, so any instance of "JR2" will be caught by the first test (only finds "JR", and the ElseIf are not evaluated).
Flip your logic, and I think this should fix it:
If InStr(NoteCodes, "JR2") >= 1 Then
Cells(i, 20) = "JR2"
ElseIf InStr(NoteCodes, "JR") >= 1 Then
Cells(i, 20) = "JR"
ElseIf InStr(NoteCodes, "TLO") >= 1 Then
Cells(i, 20) = "TLO"
End If
Alternatively, you can parse out the codes like:
Dim codeValue as String
Dim bracketLocation as Integer
For i = LR To 2 Step -1
Set NoteCodes = Range("O" & i)
'finds the position of the right bracket
bracketLocation = Instr(NoteCodes, "]")
'Lops off any characters up to & including the right square bracket
codeValue = Trim(Mid(NoteCodes, bracketLocation + 1))
'removes any text that appears *after* the code value, if any
If Instr(codeValue, " ") > 0 Then
codeValue = Left(codeValue, Instr(codeValue, " "))
End If
Cells(i, 20).Value = codeValue
'clear out the variable
codeValue = vbNullString
Next

Sub G_ExtractCodes()
sn=cells(1).currentregion.columns(1).offset(,15)
for j=1 to ubound(sn)
If InStr(sn(j,1), "JR") Then
Cells(j, 20) = iif(instr(sn(j,1),"JR2"),"JR2","JR")
ElseIf InStr(sn(j,1), "TL") Then
Cells(j, 20) = iif(instr(sn(j,1),"TL0"),"TL0","TL")
End If
Next
End Sub

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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

Find out the cases having discrepancies

I am having a sheet having seven cloumns. First six columns having either true or false and in last column I have to mention the heading of false cases in one statement. Below is the excel.
Excel sheet
I have tried if else statement but there are too many possibilities. Since I am new to VBA i don't know any shortcut to that.Any suggestions?.... Thanks
Try this simple vba code,
Sub TEXTJOIN()
Dim i As Long, str As String, k As Long, j As Long
str = ""
j = 0
For i = 2 To Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Range("A" & i & ":F" & i), True) = 6 Then
Cells(i, 7) = "No Discrepancy Found"
Else
For k = 1 To 6
If Cells(i, k) = False Then
str = str & Cells(1, k) & ","
j = j + 1
End If
Next k
str = Left(str, Len(str) - 1) & " mismatch found"
Cells(i, 7) = Application.WorksheetFunction.Substitute(str, ",", " and ", j - 1)
str = ""
j = 0
End If
Next i
End Sub
Here's simple code which you should try:
Sub FindDiscrepancies()
Dim lastRow, i, j As Long
Dim discrepancies As String: discrepancies = ""
'find number of last row
lastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To lastRow
For j = 1 To 6
If LCase(Cells(i, j).Value) = "false" Then
discrepancies = discrepancies & Cells(1, j).Value & ", "
End If
Next j
If discrepancies = "" Then
Cells(i, 7).Value = "No discrepancies found"
Else
Cells(i, 7).Value = "Mismatch found in " & discrepancies
End If
discrepancies = ""
Next i
End Sub

Excel Macro Transpose only few columns

I have a excel sheet looks like this: "Sheet1" & "Sheet2" and I wanted the result as shown in "Sheet3".
Sample Data
Eventually I would like to put a "Button" in a separate sheet (Control Panel) and when clicking on it I need to combine the data from "Sheet1" and "Sheet2" with the transpose effect as shown in "Sheet3".
How can I automate this using macro since there are ~2000 "rows" in Sheet 1 and ~1000 in Sheet 2. I'm new to macro so hopefully I can make this automated otherwise I'm copying and pasting all of them manually.
Thanks!
It might be helpful to use a function that returns the last row of a worksheet:
Public Function funcLastRow(shtTarget As Worksheet, Optional iColLimit As Integer = -1) As Long
If iColLimit = -1 Then
iColLimit = 256
End If
Dim rowMaxIndex As Long
rowMaxIndex = 0
Dim ctrCols As Integer
For ctrCols = 1 To iColLimit
If shtTarget.Cells(1048576, ctrCols).End(xlUp).Row > rowMaxIndex Then
rowMaxIndex = shtTarget.Cells(1048576, ctrCols).End(xlUp).Row
End If
Next ctrCols
funcLastRow = rowMaxIndex
End Function
You could use it simply like so:
Dim lLastRow As Long
lLastRow = funcLastRow(Sheets(1))
Please let us know if that worked for you thanks
Here is an all formula solution (No Macro)
Data is in Sheet1 A to I and Sheet2 A to G
I am assuming you have only 6 departments. although if you have additional, the formulas need very little or may be no modification.
In Sheet 3
Get the userID repeated six times
A2 = INDEX(Sheet1!A:A,1+QUOTIENT(ROW()-ROW($A$2)+6,6))
Get Name, Gender & Country
B2 = VLOOKUP($A2,Sheet1!$A$2:$I$3000,COLUMNS($A$1:B$1),FALSE)
C2 = VLOOKUP($A2,Sheet1!$A$2:$I$3000,COLUMNS($A$1:C$1),FALSE)
D2 = VLOOKUP($A2,Sheet1!$A$2:$I$3000,COLUMNS($A$1:D$1),FALSE)
Get Access to department. The "" & ... is to avoid 0 in case the resulting cell was blank.
E2 = "" & IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(Sheet1!$A$1:$I$1=F2))>0,HLOOKUP(F2,Sheet1!$A$1:$I$3000,MATCH(A2,Sheet1!$A$1:$A$3000,0),FALSE),HLOOKUP(F2,Sheet2!$A$1:$G$3000,MATCH(A2,Sheet2!$A$1:$A$3000,0),FALSE))
F2:F7 the departments are Input manually (no formula). F8 is linked to F2 so that the depts repeat when dragged down
G2 = "" & IF(SUMPRODUCT(--(Sheet1!$A$1:$I$1=F2))>0,INDEX(Sheet1!$I$1:$I$3000,MATCH(A2,Sheet1!$A$1:$A$3000,0)),INDEX(Sheet2!$G$1:$G$3000,MATCH(A2,Sheet1!$A$1:$A$3000,0)))
If you need, I can prepare a google sheet to demo. Cheers.
This code works very well for Transpose and concatenate of big data.
Sub ConcatData()
Dim X As Double
Dim DataArray(5000, 2) As Variant
Dim NbrFound As Double
Dim Y As Double
Dim Found As Integer
Dim NewWks As Worksheet
Cells(1, 1).Select
Let X = ActiveCell.Row
Do While True
If Len(Cells(X, 1).Value) = Empty Then
Exit Do
End If
If NbrFound = 0 Then
NbrFound = 1
DataArray(1, 1) = Cells(X, 1)
DataArray(1, 2) = Cells(X, 2)
Else
For Y = 1 To NbrFound
Found = 0
If DataArray(Y, 1) = Cells(X, 1).Value Then
DataArray(Y, 2) = DataArray(Y, 2) & ", " & Cells(X, 2)
Found = 1
Exit For
End If
Next
If Found = 0 Then
NbrFound = NbrFound + 1
DataArray(NbrFound, 1) = Cells(X, 1).Value
DataArray(NbrFound, 2) = Cells(X, 2).Value
End If
End If
X = X + 1
Loop
Set NewWks = Worksheets.Add
NewWks.Name = "SummarizedData"
Cells(1, 1).Value = "Names"
Cells(1, 2).Value = "Results"
X = 2
For Y = 1 To NbrFound
Cells(X, 1).Value = DataArray(Y, 1)
Cells(X, 2).Value = DataArray(Y, 2)
X = X + 1
Next
Beep
MsgBox ("Summary is done!")
End Sub

Use VBA open a Excel file, and run a loop, but the loop will be always skipped

I want to run loop on the same workbook, but it also give me nothing. But If I run this VBA directly on the workbook (CGDSOUSD), it works well. So I am wondering how to run VBA after let VBA open a new file.
Dim rownumber As Integer
Dim colnumber As Integer
Dim total As Double
colnumber = 1
For colnumber = 1 To 23
If Cells(8, colnumber) = "DELTA" Then
total = 0
rownumber = 9
Do Until Cells(rownumber, colnumber) = "" And Cells(rownumber + 1, colnumber) = "" And Cells(rownumber + 5, 1) = ""
If Cells(rownumber, 1) = "" And (Cells(rownumber, 7).Value = "DSO TROPS" Or Cells(rownumber, 8).Value = "DSO TROPS" Or Cells(rownumber, 6).Value = "DSO TROPS") Then
total = total + (Cells(rownumber, colnumber).Value)
Else
End If
rownumber = rownumber + 1
Loop
Else
End If
colnumber = colnumber + 1
Next colnumber
total = Round(total, 2) 'will be imputed into E20 in risk tools
MsgBox total
Maybe Do Until is False.
To iterate through cells I always determine the lastrow and use a for loop.
See basic example below.
ps: use ActiveCell and activate one.
'place a value in cell A1 to A4 for test.
Sub test()
Dim lastrow As Long
lastrow = ActiveSheet.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 1 To lastrow
If Cells(i, 1) <> "" Then
Cells(i, 2).Value = "not empty"
End If
Next i
End Sub

Find Copy and Paste in VBA macro

I am trying to write a macro which search data from one sheet and copy's to another.
But now I have a problem because I want to copy data between two searches and paste the whole data from multiple cells into one single cell.
For example in the above picture my macro:
SEARCH for "--------------" and "*****END OF RECORD"
COPIES everything in between , here example data in row 29 and 30 and from column A,B,C
PASTE all the data from multiple cells A29,B29,C29 and then A30,B30,C30 to single cell in sheet 2 say cell E2.
This pattern is reoccurring in the column A so I want to search for the next occurrence and do all the steps 1,2,3 and this time I will paste it in Sheet2 , cell E3.
Below is the code:
I am able to search my pattern but hard time in giving references to the cells in between those searched patterns and then copying all the data to ONE cell.
x = 2: y = 2: Z = 7000: m = 0: n = 0
Do
x = x + 1
If ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("A" & x) = "---------------------" Then m = x
If ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("A" & x) = "****** END OF RECORD" Then n = x
If (n > 0) Then
Do
For i = m To n
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("A" & i + 1).Copy
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("B" & i + 1).Copy
ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("C" & i + 1).Copy
'If (n > 0) Then ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("E" & y) = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("A" & m + 1, "C" & n - 1): y = y + 1
'If (n > 0) Then ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("E" & y).Resize(CopyFrom.Rows.Count).Value = CopyFrom.Value: y = y + 1
Loop While Not x > Z
'Driver's Licence #:Driver's Licence #:Driver's Licence #:
x = 2: y = 2: Z = 7000: counter = 1
Do
x = x + 1
If ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("A" & x) = "Driver's Licence #:" Then counter = counter + 1
If (counter = 2) Then ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B" & y) = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("C" & x): y = y + 1: counter = 0
If x = Z Then Exit Sub
Loop
End Sub
Considering that the search is working correctly, about the copy thing you just need to do:
Sheet2.Range("E2").value = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("A" & i + 1).value & ";" & ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("B" & i + 1).value & ";" & ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("C" & i + 1).value
The result will be something like: AIR COO; L DAT; A
--------UPDATE---------
It was hard to understand your code, so I'm write a new one. Basically it's copy what it found on sheet1 to sheet2.
Sub Copy()
Dim count As Integer 'Counter of loops to the for
Dim Z As Integer 'Limit of (?)
Dim h As Integer 'Count the filled cells on sheet2
Dim y As Integer 'Counter the columns to be copied
Z = 7000
h = 1
'Assuming that the "----" will always be on the top, the code will start searching on the second row
'if it's not true, will be needed to validate this to.
For count = 2 To Z
If Sheet1.Cells(count, 1).Value <> "****** END OF RECORD" Then
If Sheet1.Cells(count, 1).Value <> "" Then
For y = 1 To 3 'In case you need to copy more columns just adjust this for.
Sheet2.Cells(h, 1).Value = Sheet2.Cells(h, 1).Value & Sheet1.Cells(count, y).Value
Next y
h = h + 1
End If
Else
MsgBox "END OF RECORD REACHED"
Exit Sub
End If
Next count
End Sub
Maybe I don't get the full idea but this might work for you.
I'm not at all sure what you want to see in the final output, so this is an educated guess:
Sub DenseCopyPasteFill ()
Dim wsFrom, wsTo As Worksheet
Dim ur As Range
Dim row, newRow As Integer
Dim dataOn As Boolean
Dim currentVal As String
dataOn = False
newRow = 3
Set wsFrom = Sheets("Sheet1")
Set wsTo = Sheets("Sheet2")
Set ur = wsFrom.UsedRange
For row = 1 To ur.Rows.Count
If wsFrom.Cells(row, 1).Value2 = "--------------" Then
dataOn = True
ElseIf wsFrom.Cells(row, 1).Value2 = "***** END OF RECORD" Then
newRow = newRow + 1
dataOn = False
ElseIf dataOn Then
currentVal = wsTo.Cells(newRow, 5).Value2
wsTo.Cells(newRow, 5).Value2 = currentVal & _
wsFrom.Cells(row, 1) & wsFrom.Cells(row, 2) & _
wsFrom.Cells(row, 3)
End If
Next row
End Sub
If you can get away without using the Windows clipboard, I would. Instead of copy/paste, here I demonstrated how you can simply add or append a value.
Add this sub:
Sub copy_range(rng As Range)
Dim str As String
str = rng.Cells(1).Value & rng.Cells(2).Value & rng.Cells(3).Value
Range("E" & Range("E" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row + 1).Value = str
End Sub
Then your for loop should look like this:
For i = m To n
copy_range ThisWorkbook.Sheets("lic").Range("A" & i + 1 & ":C" & i + 1)
Next i