Using VBA to loop through different ranges and compare partial strings - excel

Question

The problem I'm stuck with is as follows. I'm trying to cut "Price and Date" from an import page into a new table based on numerous criteria. I have a Specification sheet where I compare what those criteria have to be.
On the import page I have 3 criteria that have to be fulfilled first of all (these change based on the users input:
These are compared to a table which looks as follows: (This table doesn't change much. At most Origin and Key might be updated, or another row might be added)
For every line where Fruit, Type and Color match we have to look at another factor. Whether or not the fruit was bought from the "supermarket" or "farmer". On the import sheet we have the following table which changes every month.
When the fruit is bought at the Supermarket I want to use the correct key that corresponds with the row that fulfills the right criteria for "Fruit", "Type" and "Color". So in this example above I would like to use the key that corresponds with "Apple", "Fresh", "Red". Which in this example is just the first row. The corresponding key is "Supermarket ID 1" of which we have several rows of data in the import table. I would like to cut and paste the "Price" and "Date" from these rows into a new table.
For those fruits bought from the farmer it's a little different because 1) The comparable key is in a different column than the supermarket one and 2) The key is just a piece of the whole string of the import page (this is always the case). Here too I would like to cut the "Price" and "Date" into a different table.
Hopefully someone understands the problem. The code I've written so far is as follows:
Sub Fruits1()
Dim Criteria1 As Variant, Criteria2 As Variant, Criteria3 As Variant, Criteria4 As Variant, Criteria5 As Variant
Dim rng As Range, cell As Range
Dim wsImport As Worksheet: Set wsImport = Sheets("Import")
Dim wsSpec As Worksheet: Set wsSpec = Sheets("Specificaties")
Dim primarykey As String, comparingkey As String
Criteria1 = wsImport.Range("C3")
Criteria2 = wsImport.Range("C4")
Criteria3 = wsImport.Range("C5")
Set rng = wsSpec.Range("H3:H" & (wsSpec.Cells(Rows.Count, 8).End(xlUp).Row))
For Each cell In rng
If cell.Value = Criteria1 And cell.Offset(0, 1).Value = Criteria2 And cell.Offset(0, 2).Value = Criteria3 Then
If cell.Offset(0, 3) = "Supermarket" Then
import_lastrow = wsImport.Range("E" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = import_lastrow To 2 Step -1
primarykey = cell.Offset(0, 4).Value
comparingkey = wsImport.Cells(i, 13).Value
If InStr(primarykey, comparingkey) > 0 Then
MsgBox "cut Price and Data into new table"
End If
Next i
ElseIf cell.Offset(0, 4) = "Farmer" Then
For i = import_lastrow To 2 Step -1
primarykey = cell.Offset(0, 4).Value
comparingkey = wsImport.Cells(i, 8).Value
If InStr(primarykey, comparingkey) > 0 Then
MsgBox "cut Price and Data into new table"
End If
Next i
End If
End If
Next cell
End Sub
The problem I believe lies in that I'm trying to loop through different ranges and not doing it right.

Answer 1

Logic:
Use .Find and .Findnext to search for 1st criteria. It is much faster than looping through every cell and matching the first criteria
Once you have your "Supermarket/Farmer" use Autofilter on the relevant column to identify and copy the relevant rows.
After copying, delete the unnecessary columns (if you wish)
Code:
Ok is this what you are trying? (UNTESTED). I quickly wrote this. Let me know if you get any errors?
Option Explicit
Dim wsImport As Worksheet
Sub Sample()
Dim wsSpec As Worksheet
Set wsImport = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Import")
Set wsSpec = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Specificaties")
Dim CriteriaA As String, CriteriaB As String, CriteriaC As String
Dim aCell As Range, bCell As Range
Dim origin As String, KeyToFind As String
With wsSpec
CriteriaA = .Range("C3").Value2
CriteriaB = .Range("C4").Value2
CriteriaC = .Range("C5").Value2
'~~> Using .Find to look for CriteriaA
Set aCell = .Columns(8).Find(What:=CriteriaA, LookIn:=xlValues, _
LookAt:=xlWhole, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _
MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False)
'~~> Check if found or not
If Not aCell Is Nothing Then
Set bCell = aCell
'~~> Secondary checks
If aCell.Offset(, 1).Value2 = CriteriaB And _
aCell.Offset(, 2).Value2 = CriteriaC Then '<~~ If match found
'~~> Get the origin and the key
origin = aCell.Offset(, 3).Value2
KeyToFind = aCell.Offset(, 4).Value2
Else '<~~ If match not found then search for next match
Do
Set aCell = .Columns(8).FindNext(After:=aCell)
If Not aCell Is Nothing Then
If aCell.Address = bCell.Address Then Exit Do
If aCell.Offset(, 1).Value2 = CriteriaB And _
aCell.Offset(, 2).Value2 = CriteriaC Then
origin = aCell.Offset(, 3).Value2
KeyToFind = aCell.Offset(, 4).Value2
Exit Do
End If
Else
Exit Do
End If
Loop
End If
'~~> Check the origin
If origin = "Supermarket" Then
CopyRows "F", KeyToFind, False
ElseIf origin = "Farmer" Then
CopyRows "H", KeyToFind, True
Else
MsgBox "Please check origin. Supermarket/Farmer not found. Exiting..."
End If
Else
MsgBox "Criteria A match was not found. Exiting..."
End If
End With
End Sub
'~~> Autofilter and copy filtered data
Private Sub CopyRows(Col As String, SearchString As String, PartialString As Boolean)
Dim copyFrom As Range
Dim lRow As Long
With wsImport
'~~> Remove any filters
.AutoFilterMode = False
lRow = .Range(Col & .Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
With .Range(Col & "1:" & Col & lRow)
If PartialString = False Then
.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:=SearchString
Else
.AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:="=*" & SearchString & "*"
End If
Set copyFrom = .Offset(1, 0).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible).EntireRow
End With
'~~> Remove any filters
.AutoFilterMode = False
End With
'~~> Some sheet where you want to paste the output
Dim SomeSheet As Worksheet
Set SomeSheet = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Output")
If Not copyFrom Is Nothing Then
'~~> Copy and paste to some sheet
copyFrom.Copy SomeSheet.Rows(1)
'After copying, delete the unwanted columns (OPTIONAL)
End If
End Sub