I have sheet1 full of football results.
Season------Home-------Away---------Score
2009--------Albion------Burton--------0-1
2011--------Albion------Burton--------2-1
2012--------Albion------Burton--------4-0
I want to produce sheet2 same workbook, for each teams history.
Each cell (r1,c1) must be referenced for it's data value, then manipulated into sheet2 by placing the score into the correct season column. Then looped for the next teams history Etc.
Sheet2
Home--------Away----2000-2001-2002-2003-2004-2005-2006-2007-2008-2009-2010-2011-2012
Albion------Burton------------------------------------------------0-1-------2-1--4-0
Can someone start me off using Excel2010 vba please.
Yes, I can help you get started.
With Sheet.Cells(Row, Col) you can access any cell you like.
With For... Next loop you can loop trough the rows and columns using nested loops.
You can access both sheets by their name, by default Sheet1 and Sheet2.
You can also use Range objects to find data in sheets more efficiently;
Dim r As Range
Dim m As Range
Set r = Sheet2.Range("A1:G1") ' For the row with all your years
Set m = r.Find(Value1) ' Value1 could be the year
If Not m Is Nothing Then
' It was found and m.Column tells which column it is, yay!
End If
Etc... stackoverflow is also littered with basic questions like how to do stuff like this, feel free to search. Who knows you might encounter a problem with question never encountered before!
Related
Test case:
Take an empty sheet, and merge the range "D2:F2". You can do this manually.
Then, activate the macro recorder and select the column E by just clicking on the E letter on the top of the spreadsheet. You will get the following:
Columns("E:E").Select
Now, try to run this line of code from the same macro directly: you will see that it selects the three columns D, E and F.
Question:
Is this a bug of the macro recorder? Or, rather, a bug of VBA itself (that detects the merged range in my column and decides to extend the selection even if explicitly asked to select one single column)? How should I do to select only one of the columns on which a merged range lies via VBA code, exactly as I can do manually?
Need:
I have a spreadsheet with year on a line, months on the below line and days on the below line.
Hence, the days are just cells but months and especially years are shared/merged cells among the several days.
My need is just to detect the current day and select the column, in order for the user to see on which day they should look the data at. But, because of the "years" cell widely merged just above, the entire year is selected.
No, this is not a bug.
Why: Try to manually select the range E1 to E5. That is what is going on when you use Columns("E:E").select. Think of it as .Select not selecting the column, but instead selecting each cell from top to bottom.
The .select method isn't something you should depend on. What exactly are you trying to use select for? There is another (quite arguably better way) to do this.
Edit: Also, as my father always says, merged cells shouldn't be used. He uses "center across selection" instead, which looks exactly like a merged cell without any of the seemingly buggy behavior.
Need: I would use the macro to highlight the data... probably with something like this...
Range("E7").Interior.ColorIndex = RGB(0, 0, 0)
I feel that the question is genuine unlike some of the comments here. I will try to explain.
Using the test case from the question, say I want to do some action only on column D (say change its column width), without changing the same for columns E to F. I can do that in excel by selecting column D specifically by pressing on column header (press on that "D" in the column names bar). If we select column using range selection (mouse or keyboard shortcut CTRL+SPACE), it extends the selection to include E and F columns. But if we press that column D on the header, it only selects one column. I expect VBA to do the same.
Sadly, I couldn't find anything to "select" a single column or range which includes cells merging through multiple columns or range. However, I could do the action on that single column.
I tried following that didn't work. And I feel that it should work.
Range("D:D").Select
Didn't work. Extends the selection to include merged cells. I guess, this is okay.
Columns("D").Select
Didn't work. Extends the selection to include merged cells. I feel this is not okay.
Columns("D").EntireColumn.Select
Even this didn't work. This definitely should've.
So finally I directly applied the action without selecting the cells.
Column("D").ColumnWidth = 10
And this did it. Only the column D width was changed, leaving column E and F untouched. Similarly, I could do font change and other actions.
Only drawback is that I have to do all actions individually. So, I use a loop to perform action on the selection.
Something like this:
For Each x in Range("D:D")
x.font.size = 10
x.font.name = "Calibri"
'...and so on...
Next x
You probably know the row in which the days start. Therefore, instead of selecting the entire column, you could define a range starting from the first day row to the last day row and select that range.
REQUIREMENTS:
Your table should have this values and formats
Then you can loop through each column on row 4 -just assumed- and check each value if they match today. Next you can scroll to that cell using Application.Goto.
CODE:
Sub FindToday()
Dim wsTable As Worksheet '<~ worksheet with your table
Set wsTable = Sheet2
Dim Cols As Integer '<~ a variable to loop through columns
With wsTable
For Cols = 1 To .Cells(4, .Cells.Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column + 1
If .Cells(4, Cols).Value = Date Then '<~ check if the date is today
Application.Goto wsTable.Cells(1, Cols), True '<~ scroll to that cell if true
Exit For
End If
Next
End With
End Sub
If you want just to hide the particular column if there is merged cell try not to select the column just use like this for example -- Columns("N").EntireColumn.Hidden = True... This will solve your doubt.
I am in need of your expert assistance.
I am trying to write some code that will copy rows and insert the copied row below the last row in another sheet.
I have a Global sheet that has the data i will be copying. It will need to look in column Q.
I think the problem will be when trying to copy the data, the data in column G is the text name of a Contract Code. But the sheets are name with the Number version.
for example i have a row that has BRREPAIRS in column Q, I need this to copy to Sheet 2870, then i have a row that has BRVOIDS in column Q, I need this to copy to Sheet 2781.
I could have multiple different Contract names so i think i might need to define the text to equal a sheet. So maybe Set BRVOIDS = Sheet.name("2781") Set BRREPAIRS = Sheet.name("2780") and so on until all sheets are defined.
When the data gets copied i need it to find the last row in column a that has data, when it is found it will insert the copied row into the sheet. for example EntireRow.Insert Shift:=xlDown.
I dont have any code at the moment. I would really appreciate all the assistance.
You don't need to do things like Set BRVOIDS = Sheet.name("2781"). In fact, that would be positively harmful since then you would need to run the data in Column Q through a possibly large Select statement to know what variable to use. Instead, you could write a function like
Function TargetSheet(ContractName As String) As Worksheet
'code which uses your secret list to determine target sheet
'Maybe a Select statement, Maybe a Vlookup -- who knows?
Set TargetSheet = 'sheet your code determined
End Function
Sounds like your code will be scanning down column Q, determining where to copy the corresponding row to. Once you get the above function working, you could combine it with something like this:
Function LastRow(TargetCol As Variant, Optional ws As Variant) As Range
'assumes TargetCol is something like 1 or "A"
Dim n As Long
If IsMissing(ws) Then Set ws = ActiveSheet
n = ws.Cells(1, TargetCol).EntireColumn.Rows.Count
Set LastRow = ws.Cells(n, TargetCol).End(xlUp).EntireRow
End Function
This returns as a range the last row containing data (or row 1 if the column is empty) in a specified column in a specified worksheet (which defaults to the Active sheet).
You haven't given enough to go on, but something along the lines of
LastRow("A",TargetSheet(Range("Q" & i).Value)).Insert Shift := xlDown
Might be what you are looking for. Why don't you try to work it out and ask another question (if need be) once you have some actual code?
I was looking for answers however I can't find one so specific.
I am trying to write macro which will be easy to use for people without any programming knowledge.
So we use pricing template where you can see prices for many different countries. I want to create a macro which will copy whole tab and remove unwanted columns depends from for which country it is creating file. (Needed to preserve formulas, I still want to have all the calculation not values).
So first few columns will stay since they are common for all countries, and then all the columns except selected range should be deleted. Ranges are specified in separate tab and will be stored in array.
Example:
Belgium
First Column: CJ
Last Column: CQ
So let's say in first loop first column and last column values are stored, and I want macro remove columns from H to CI and then from CR to HF.
However in next loop first and last will change so delete ranges have to recalculate.
I tried with formulas ASC and CHR but it doesn't work with two letters codes.
Well, if you already know the ranges you want to use, a subroutine like this could remove a range of columns, minus an exception range.
I'm just looping through the columns and checking for an intersection. If there is no intersection between the column being tested and the exception range, we add it to the list of columns to be deleted.
Public Sub RemoveColumnsExcept(removeRange As Range, exceptRange As Range)
Dim deletionRange As Range
Dim columnRange As Range
For Each columnRange In removeRange.Columns
If Intersect(columnRange, exceptRange) Is Nothing Then
If deletionRange Is Nothing Then
Set deletionRange = columnRange
Else
Set deletionRange = Union(deletionRange, columnRange)
End If
End If
Next columnRange
If Not deletionRange Is Nothing Then
deletionRange.Delete xlShiftToLeft
End If
End Sub
Public Sub Test()
RemoveColumnsExcept Sheet1.[B:J], Sheet1.[G:I]
End Sub
You could use named ranges to keep track of the columns you want deleted. That or column headers and a loop looking for some value like country code in a specific row.
I'm looking for an algorithm for which I do not have the VBA knowledge to script myself. So I'm stuck. It isn't through lack of effort trying because I have given it a go (plus, this bit of code is the last remaining piece of my bigger VBA code) I simply lack the knowledge/experience/skill...
Basically, I have an Excel file. In this file is a sheet, "sheet1". Sheet1 contains many rows of data. The number of rows contained in sheet1 can vary from 1 to n. Sometimes, I may have 50 while other times I may have 30, etc. What is consistent is the layout of the book, i.e. I have codes in column A which identify a product in my database.
What I want to do is this:
1. Scan the sheet for empty rows (due to the way the workbook is generated, I sometimes have blank rows) and remove them. These blank rows are sometimes in-between rows with data while at other times may be trailing at the end of the sheet.
2. After removing the blank rows find the last used row. Store that to a variable. I have found this piece of code useful for doing that:
mylastrow = myBook.Sheets("Results").Cells.Find(what:="*", SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious).Row
3. Starting from the row determined in (2), I want to take the product code in A(x where x = mylastrow) and find any other occurrences of it (in column A). If any are found, delete that entire row corresponding to it. Importantly, this loop must go in reverse. For example let's say mylastrow = 40, the loop will need to begin at A40 and on the next iteration do A39 (or 38 if a row has been removed?). This is because with any of the product numbers the corresponding data in the row contains more data further down the column (because of the way the sheet was generated). Essentially the entry closest to the last row is the most recent.
Hopefully I've been able to explain the situ properly. But if not and you're willing to take the challenge (my burden?) off me I would be very grateful.
QF
The only way to develop that knowledge and skill is to get in there and code! I'm sure someone may come in and write you the entire procedure, but in the meantime these resources should give you the tools to do it yourself.
First, check out the method here to delete blank rows. It relies on "Selection" for the range, so you can either manually select all the cells of the sheet, then run the macro, or replace it with the following:
Dim r as range
set r = Sheet1.Cells 'now use r instead of Selection
OR (even better) use your code for finding the last used row and set the range from row 1 to "mylastrow".
Next, beginning from "mylastrow", start adding the values in Column A to a Dictionary object (example here). You can use a row counter to decrement from "mylastrow" to 1. Here's an example of how it would work. The key is assumed to be in the 1st column ("A").
Dim dict As Object
Dim rowCount As Long
Dim strVal As String
Set dict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
rowCount = Sheet1.Range("A1").CurrentRegion.Rows.Count
Do While rowCount > 1
strVal = Sheet1.Cells(rowCount, 1).Value2
If dict.exists(strVal) Then
Sheet1.Rows(rowCount).EntireRow.Delete
Else
dict.Add strVal, 0
End If
rowCount = rowCount - 1
Loop
Set dict = Nothing
Before:
After:
Note that the 1st row hasn't been touched since we stopped when rowCount is 1 (assumes there's a header).
A lot of the solutions here on SO involve using CountIf to find duplicates. When I have a list of 100,000+ values however, it will often take minutes for CountIf to search for duplicates.
Is there a quicker way to search for duplicates within an Excel column WITHOUT using CountIf?
Thanks!
EDIT #1:
After reading the comments and replies I realize I need to go into greater detail. Let's pretend I'm a birdwatcher, and after I return from a birdwatching trip I input anywhere from 1 to 25 or 50 new birds that I saw on my trip into my "Master List of Birds Seen". This is really a dynamically growing list, and with each addition I want to make sure I'm not duplicating something that already exists in my list.
So, in column A of my file are the names of the birds. Column B-M might contain other attributes of the birds. I want to know if a bird that I just added in column A after my latest birdwatching trip ALREADY exists somewhere ELSE in my list. And, if it does, I would manually merge the data of the 2 entries and throw away some and keep some after careful review. I clearly don't want to have duplicate entries of the same bird in my database.
So, ultimately I want some indication that there is or isn't a duplicate somewhere else, and if there is duplicate please tell me what row to look in (or highlight or color both of the duplicates).
The fastest way that I know of (in case you are using Excel 2007/2010/2011) is to use Data (In Ribbon) | Remove Duplicates to find the total number of duplicates OR to remove duplicates. You might want to move data to a temp sheet before you test this.
The 2nd fastest way is to use Countif. Now Countif can be used in many ways to find duplicates. Here are two main ways.
1) Inserting a New Column next to the data and putting the formula and simply copying it down.
2) Using Countif in Conditional formatting to highlight cells which are duplicates. For more details, please see this link.
suggestions for a macro to find duplicates in a SINGLE column
EDIT:
My Apologies :)
Countif is the 3rd fastest way!
The 2nd fastest way is to use Pivot Tables ;)
What exactly is your main purpose of finding duplicates? Do you want to delete them? Or Do you want to highlight them? Or something else?
FOLLOWUP
Seems like I made a typo in the formula. Yes for large number of rows, CountIf does take minutes as you suggested.
Let me see if I can come up with a VBA code to suit your exact needs.
Sid
You can use VBA - the following function returns a list of unique entries within a list of 100,000 in less than a second. Usage: select a range, type the formula (=getUniqueListFromRange(YourRange)) and validate with CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER.
Public Function getUniqueListFromRange(parRange As Range) As Variant
' Returns a (1 to n,1 to 1) array with all the values without duplicates
Dim i As Long
Dim j As Long
Dim locKey As Variant
Dim locData As Variant
Dim locUniqueDict As Variant
Dim locUniqueList As Variant
On Error GoTo error_handler
locData = Intersect(parRange.Parent.UsedRange, parRange)
Set locUniqueDict = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
On Error Resume Next
For i = 1 To UBound(locData, 1)
For j = 1 To UBound(locData, 2)
locKey = UCase(locData(i, j))
If locKey <> "" Then locUniqueDict.Add locKey, locData(i, j)
Next j
Next i
If locUniqueDict.Count > 0 Then
ReDim locUniqueList(1 To locUniqueDict.Count, 1 To 1) As Variant
i = 1
For Each locKey In locUniqueDict
locUniqueList(i, 1) = locUniqueDict(locKey)
i = i + 1
Next
getUniqueListFromRange = locUniqueList
End If
error_handler: 'Empty range
End Function
If using Excel 2007 or later (which is likely from the 100,000+ values) you can choose:
Home Tab | Conditional Formatting > Highlight Cell Rules > Duplicate Values...
Right-click a highlighted cell and filter by selected cell color to show just the duplicates (be aware however this can be slow with conditional formatting).
Alternatively run this code and filter for colored cells which takes only a second on 100,000 cells:
Sub HighlightDupes()
Dim i As Long, dic As Variant, v As Variant
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set dic = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
i = 1
For Each v In Selection.Value2
If dic.exists(v) Then dic(v) = "" Else dic.Add v, i
i = i + 1
Next v
Selection.Font.Color = 255
For Each v In dic
If dic(v) <> "" Then Selection(dic(v)).Font.Color = 0
Next v
End Sub
Addendum:
To select only duplicate values without code or formulas, i have found this method useful:
Data Tab | Advanced Filter... Filter in Place, Unique Records Only, OK.
Now select the range of unique values and press Alt+; (Goto Special... Visible cells only). With this selection clear the filter and you will see that all unselected cells are duplicates, you can then press Ctrl+9 (Hide Rows) to show just the duplicates. These rows can be copied to another sheet if needed or marked with an "X".
You do not mention what you want to do when you find them. If you merely want to see where they are...
Sub HighLightCells()
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Cells.FormatConditions.Delete
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Cells.FormatConditions.Add Type:=xlCellValue, Operator:=xlEqual, Formula1:=ActiveCell
ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Cells.FormatConditions(1).Interior.ColorIndex = 4
End Sub
Preventing Duplicates with Data Validation
You can use Data Validation to prevent you entering duplicate bird names. See Debra Dalgelish's site here
Handling existing duplicates
My free Duplicate Master addin will let you
Select
Colour
List
Delete
duplicates.
But more importantly it will let you run more complex matching than exact strings, ie
Case Insensitive / Case Sensitive searches (sample below)
Trim/Clean data
Remove all blank spaces (including CHAR(160)) see the " mapgie" and "magpie" example below
Run regular expression matches (for example the sample below replaces s$ with "" to remove plurals)
Match on any combination of columns (ie Column A, all columns, Column A&B etc)
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned the RemoveDuplicates method.
ActiveSheet.Range("A:A").RemoveDuplicates Columns:=1
This will simply remove any duplicate entries on the active worksheet in column A. It takes milliseconds to run (tested with 200k rows). Mind you, this will strictly delete all the duplicate entries. Although that isn't how the original question was worded, I do believe that this still serves your purpose.
One simple way of finding unique values is to use the advance filter and filter for unique values only and copy and paste them into other sheet as when the pivot is removed you will get the whole data with the duplicate in them.
Sort the range
and in next column put `=if(a2=a1;1;if(a2=a3;1;0))
"1" will be displayed for duplicates.