I am not a programmer but would appreciate some help!
I am trying to take a range of cells, and paste them in another part of the spread sheet but in the correct column that I want (the column will change later that's why I want it to identify the column to paste the cells into the right row)
Example, take cells (A2:A10) and paste them into the "TTM" column D4:D12... where I have put the text TTM into D1... later, TTM may become E1, in which case the A2:A10 cells need to be moved to E4:E12...
Thanks a lot!
The following Function can be used to do what you want. You will need to explain what will trigger this code and if you want to search other than the 'Active Sheet'
Function Move_Cells()
Dim iCols As Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim strKey As String
Dim iNewCol As Integer
strKey = "TTM" ' Set this to whatever label you want to search row 1 for.
iCols = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Columns.Count ' Get count of used columns
For i = 1 To iCols ' Find column containing 'TTM'
If LCase(Cells(1, i).text) = LCase(strKey) Then ' ignore case inCASE SoMeBody....
iNewCol = i ' Save col # containing search keyword
Exit For
End If
Next i
'ActiveSheet.Range("A2:A10").Copy ' Where to copy from
'ActiveSheet.Cells(2, iNewCol).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues ' Paste into new location
'Application.CutCopyMode = False
' Try the following instead of the previous copy/paste
Range("A2:A10").Select
Selection.Copy
Cells(2, iNewCol).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
End Function
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I'm working on a project and I need a program that will delete the empty columns (other than the header) in columns A through F and column J. I'd like it to loop through Range("A10:F10000") and Range("J:J") and delete the columns from cell A10, B10, etc and down, then shift the remaining data left. I was working with this, that affects the whole worksheet instead of just a range:
ecl = Sheet1.Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Column
For cl = ecl To 1 Step -1
cnt = Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(Sheet1.Columns(cl))
If cnt = 1 Then
Sheet1.Columns(cl).Delete
End If
Next
I usually can use formulas and am not super familiar with VBA, but for this project it has to be a macro. I hope this makes sense and would appreciate any advise!
you could use this:
Dim cl As Range, colsToDelete As Range
With ActiveSheet 'reference wanted sheet
Set colsToDelete = .UsedRange.Columns(.UsedRange.Columns.Count).Offset(, 1).Resize(1, 1) ' initialize 'colsToDelete' to a "dummy" range certainly out of relevant one
With Intersect(.Range("A10:J" & .UsedRange.Rows(.UsedRange.Rows.Count).Row), .Range("A:F, J:J")) ' reference referenced sheet range in column A to F and G form row 10 down to referenced sheet last not empty cell row
For Each cl In .Columns ' lop through referenced range columns
If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(cl) = 1 Then Set colsToDelete = Union(colsToDelete, cl) 'if current column is empty (i.e. only header in row 10) then add it to the colsToDelete range
Next
Set colsToDelete = Intersect(colsToDelete, .Cells) ' get rid of the "dummmy" range
End With
End With
If Not colsToDelete Is Nothing Then colsToDelete.EntireColumn.Delete ' if any range to delete, do it!
Effectively what I am trying to accomplish is to filter a database (all in Sheet 1) by names, which are given in column A, and then perform various data analysis on the now filtered visible data, and then copy that data to a new sheet in a given cell.
For example, filter the data in Sheet 1 by the name 'Smith' in column A and then let's say sum all of the visible data in column B and print that to cell C3 on Sheet 2. The more advanced data analysis I am sure I can tackle on my own, just want to get rolling here and I am definitely new to VBA macro coding. I have created all of these databases using Python.
The last piece of this, would be being able to loop through all of the filter criteria in column A (which I will not know before-hand and may be anywhere from 10-20 names.
Here is the code I am working with (there are likely some syntax errors in here as well):
Option Explicit
Sub Data()
Dim playername As String
Dim team As String
Dim numFilters As Integer
Dim hits As Integer
Dim src As Worksheet
Dim tgt As Worksheet
Dim filterRange As Range
Dim copyRange As Range
Dim lastRow As Long
Dim i As Integer
team = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(1).Name
numFilters = ActiveSheet.AutoFilter.Filters.Count ' I want this to capture the num of filter criteria for column A
For i = 1 To numFilters
playername = Sheets(team).Filter(i) ' This would be the filter criteria for the given iteration
ActiveSheet.Range("$A$1:$AN$5000").AutoFilter field:=1, Criteria1:=playername
' Create new sheet with name of person
Sheets.Add After:=ActiveSheet
ActiveSheet.Select
ActiveSheet.Name = playername
Set tgt = ThisWorkbook.Sheets(i + 1)
' Perform data analysis (e.g. sum column B of filtered data)
src.AutoFilterMode = False
' Find the last row with data in column A
lastRow = src.Range("A" & src.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
' The range that we are auto-filtering (all columns)
Set filterRange = src.Range("A1:AN" & lastRow)
' Set the range to start in row 2 to prevent copying the header
Set copyRange = src.Range("B2:B" & lastRow)
' Copy the sum of column B to our target cell on the sheet corresponding to this iteration
Application.WorksheetFunction.Sum(copyRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)).Copy tgt.Range("A1")
Next i
End Sub
This is currently failing on the Application.WorksheetFunction.Sum line with the error 'Invalid qualifier'. Thanks for any help and please let me know if something needs clarified.
I am new to Excel Macros and VBA, and am facing the following problem:
(1) I have a data-set which has ~50,000 rows and 11 columns.
(2) I need to extract rows from the sheet, based on a certain keyword - which matches the strings present in a particular column.
(3) I have the following code from another stack overflow question:
Sub testIt()
Dim r As Long, endRow as Long, pasteRowIndex As Long
endRow = 10 ' of course it's best to retrieve the last used row number via a function
pasteRowIndex = 1
For r = 1 To endRow 'Loop through sheet1 and search for your criteria
If Cells(r, Columns("B").Column).Value = "YourCriteria" Then 'Found
'Copy the current row
Rows(r).Select
Selection.Copy
'Switch to the sheet where you want to paste it & paste
Sheets("Sheet2").Select
Rows(pasteRowIndex).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
'Next time you find a match, it will be pasted in a new row
pasteRowIndex = pasteRowIndex + 1
'Switch back to your table & continue to search for your criteria
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
End If
Next r
End Sub
(4) This works perfectly fine when the cell of the column being searched has "YourCriteria" as the only entry.
(5) However, in my data I have strings which have the "YourCriteria" embedded in them
For Example: "YourCriteria" = "ball" and the cell(s) in a particular column contain "the dog plays with the ball" , "the ball is bad" etc.
How can I extract the rows containing 'YourCriteria" ? What modification to the code is needed ?
Thanks
To expand on Doug's answer,
If InStr(Cells(r, 2).Value, "YourCriteria")>0 Then 'Found
' ^ Column A=1, B=2, ...
Edit Change 2 to whatever column number you want to look in (C=3, D=4, ...). You can also use Columns("B").Column like you had it, if you're more comfortable with that.
I have found If InStr()>0 to be more reliable than If Instr() since InStr has lots of return-value options.
A general thought, to avoid future problems - rather than switching sheets, refer expressly to which sheet you mean. Example (not all code shown):
dim shSource as Sheet
set shSource = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
dim shDest as Sheet
set shDest = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet2")
...
If InStr(shSource.Cells(r, 2).Value, "YourCriteria")>0 Then 'Found
shSource.Rows(r).Copy
shDest.Rows(pasteRowIndex).Select
shDest.Paste
There's a built in operator for this in VBA: Like. You can just replace the current test with this:
If Cells(r, Columns("B").Column).Value Like "*YourCriteria*" Then 'Found
InStr( [start], string, substring, [compare] )
Parameters or Arguments
start
Optional. It is the starting position for the search. If this parameter is omitted, the search will begin at position 1.
string
The string to search within.
substring
The substring that you want to find.
compare Optional. It is the type of comparison to perform. It can be one of the following values:
VBA Constant Value Explanation
vbUseCompareOption -1 Uses option compare
vbBinaryCompare 0 Binary comparison
vbTextCompare 1 Textual comparison
borrowed from http://www.techonthenet.com/excel/formulas/instr.php
The fastest way is to:
Apply a Filter to the data
Set a range variable = .SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
Use range.Copy Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A1") to copy the data straight to Sheet2
Sub DoIt()
Dim SearchRange As Range
Sheets("Sheet1").UsedRange.AutoFilter Field:=2, Criteria1:="=*Ball*", _
Operator:=xlAnd
Set SearchRange = Sheets("Sheet1").UsedRange.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)
If Not SearchRange Is Nothing Then
SearchRange.Copy Sheets("Sheet2").Range("A1")
End If
End Sub
I want to make drop Down List in sheet2 which contains values from sheet1 column. I have tried this code.
Sub testIt()
Dim r As Long, endRow As Long, pasteRowIndex As Long
endRow = 10 ' of course it's best to retrieve the last used row number via a function
pasteRowIndex = 1
For r = 1 To endRow 'Loop through sheet1 and search for your criteria
If Cells(r, Columns("B").Column).Value = "YourCriteria" Then 'Found
'Copy the current row
Rows(r).Select
Selection.Copy
'Switch to the sheet where you want to paste it & paste
Sheets("Sheet2").Select
Rows(pasteRowIndex).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
'Next time you find a match, it will be pasted in a new row
pasteRowIndex = pasteRowIndex + 1
'Switch back to your table & continue to search for your criteria
Sheets("Sheet1").Select
End If
Next r
columns in sheet1 are changing oftenly. so needs to create Dynamic VBA Macro code.
Please guide me for this query.
For your case, I don't think that you need a macro to manage the drop down list but perhaps data validation will do.
Create a new worksheet,
I got a worksheet contain the following data at column A
At the worksheet that i want the dropdownlist, i just highlight the cell and click on the data validation button at data ribbon
In the data validation, create the following setting
Click on the ok button and the list will be created
Since in the columns in the worksheet(source) keep on changing, you need write the macro to copy the entire needed column exclude the header of the column to next worksheet(e.g. worksheet that create the dropdown list).
Edited: Code to detect the criteria column and copy the column
Option Explicit
Dim MyWorkbook As Workbook
Dim MyWorksheet As Worksheet
Dim MyWorksheet2 As Worksheet
Dim WantedColumn As Long
Dim ColumnPointer As Long
Sub copyCriteria()
Set MyWorkbook = Workbooks(ActiveWorkbook.Name)
Set MyWorksheet = MyWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet6")
Set MyWorksheet2 = MyWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet5")
For ColumnPointer = 1 To MyWorksheet.Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
If MyWorksheet.Cells(1, ColumnPointer).Value = "ColumnE" Then
MyWorksheet.Columns(ColumnPointer).Copy
MyWorksheet2.Range("A1").PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
Application.CutCopyMode = False
MyWorksheet2.Rows("1:1").Delete Shift:=xlUp
End If
Next
End Sub
What you are trying to do can be done with a simple named range and Data Validation to use that Name. If you have not heard of Dynamic Ranges, then you should read on.
If Sheet1 only has the 1 column for the DropDown list via Data Validation, you should use a Named Range instead of a fixed Range. But this named range is dynamic (by using formula)! See OFFSET usage.
Lets say Sheet1 is like below:
Lets say the name to be used is MyList, then in Excel click Name Manager in Formulas tab, and place in below as the Range Refers to:
=OFFSET(Sheet1!$A$1,0,0,COUNTA(Sheet1!$A:$A))
Now in Sheet2, the Data Validation is placed on B2, when setting it up, once you put in the source to =MyList, Excel highlights it:
Then the drop down list worked:
Now if you add data to your list (Column A on Sheet 1), the MyList automatically expands and hence your DataValidation drop down list!
Note the list will go up to the first blank cell in Column A, so NO GAPS!
Enjoy!
I am trying to create an excel macro which is probably going to end up being quite large, to make things easier I am tackling it a bit at a time. So far I have....
Sub Macro4()
'
' Test Macro
'
'Selects the product_name column by header name
Dim rngAddress As Range
Set rngAddress = Range("A1:Z1").Find("product_name")
If rngAddress Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "The product_name column was not found."
Exit Sub
End If
Range(rngAddress, rngAddress.End(xlDown)).Select
'Inserts new column to the left of the product_name column
Selection.Insert Shift:=xlToRight
'Re-selects the product_name column
Range(rngAddress, rngAddress.End(xlDown)).Select
'Copys the contents of the product_name column
Selection.Copy
Selection.Paste
End Sub
I want it to do the following....
Search the spreadsheet for the header name 'product_name'
Insert a blank column to the left of the 'product_name' column
Copy the contents of the 'product_name' column
Paste them into the newly created blank column
Change the header name in this new column to 'product_name_2'
Currently it works fine up until the pasting into this newly created column, then i get a
'Run-time error '438'; - Object doesn't support this property or method'
Can anyone suggest where i am going wrong?
Your error is:
Range(rngAddress, rngAddress.End(xlDown)).Select
This selects from the top of the column down to just above the first blank cell. The insert shifts this portion of the column right leaving the rest where it is. When you select again you are likely to get a larger range because you have mixed two columns. The copy fails because you are then trying to copy values over the top of values.
If that does not make sense, step through your macro with F8 and see what is happening at each step.
When you understand why your current macro does not work, try this:
Sub Macro5()
Dim rngAddress As Range
Dim ColToBeCopied As Integer
Set rngAddress = Range("A1:Z1").Find("'product_name")
If rngAddress Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "The product_name column was not found."
Exit Sub
End If
ColToBeCopied = rngAddress.Column
Columns(ColToBeCopied).EntireColumn.Insert
Columns(ColToBeCopied + 1).Copy Destination:=Columns(ColToBeCopied)
End Sub
Note:
I did not select anything.
I have left the code operating on the active sheet but it is better to use With Sheets("XXX") ... End With.
Answer to second question
The macro recorder is not good at showing how to address individual cells systematically.
With Sheets("xxxx")
.Cells(RowNum,ColNum).Value = "product_name 1"
End With
The above uses With which I recommend. Notice the dot in front of Cells.
The one below operates on the active sheet.
Cells(RowNum,ColNum).Value = "product_name 1"
RowNum must be a number. ColNum can be a number (say 5) or a letter (say "E").
In your case RowNum is 1 and ColNum is ColToBeCopied and ColToBeCopied + 1.
P.S.
I forgot to mention that to find the botton row of a column use:
RowLast = Range(Rows.Count, ColNum).End(xlUp).Row
That is move up from the bottom not down from the top.
P.S. 2
To specify a range using Cells:
.Range(.Cells(Top,Left),.Cells(Bottom,Right))
The dots must match: all three or none.
I'm not sure where you are trying to copy to,
but when you want to paste you need to make a selection and then
ActiveSheet.Paste
For example:
/your code/
Selection.Copy
Range("O:O").Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
I would avoid copying / pasting altogether, if you only want to transfer values.
For example, instead of:
Range("B1:B100").Copy Destination:=Range("A1")
I would use:
Range("A1:A100").Value = Range("B1:B100").Value
If we were to substitute that into your code, and include some of the comments made by Tony:
Sub Macro4()
Dim colFound As Integer
Dim rowLast As Long
Const rowSearch As Integer = 1
'Find the product_name column
colFound = Rows(rowSearch).Find("product_name").Column
If colFound = 0 Then
MsgBox "The product_name column was not found."
Exit Sub
End If
'Find the last non-empty row
rowLast = Cells(Rows.Count, colFound).End(xlUp).Row
'Inserts new column to the left of the product_name column
Columns(colFound).EntireColumn.Insert
'Transfer the contents of the product_name column to the newly inserted one
Range(Cells(rowSearch, colFound), Cells(rowLast, colFound)).Value = _
Range(Cells(rowSearch, colFound + 1), Cells(rowLast, colFound + 1)).Value
'Rename the new column
Cells(rowSearch, colFound).Value = Cells(rowSearch, colFound).Value & "_2"
End Sub