search words in cells in columns if not found error - excel

i am trying to search for list of words in different combos and can include commas(i.e john, sue, [john,sue]) also is not case sensitive when looking for the words. code is below how would search multiple words and also not make it case sensitive and if there are words other then those listed error message
Sub Search_Range_For_Text()
Dim c As Range
Dim alastrow As Long
Dim ContainWord As String
ContainWord = "Claim"
alastrow = ActiveSheet.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
For Each c In Range("A2:B2" & alastrow)
If c.Find(ContainWord) Is Nothing And c.Value <> "" Then
MsgBox "Word found " & c.Address
End If
Next c
End Sub

Couple issues with the code in your comment:
You should declare a worksheet variable to avoid relying on the ActiveSheet
Your range "A2:B2" & alastrow is not correct. When alastrow = 50 you will end up with A2:B250
The right syntax of InStr for your purposes is InStr( Cell to search, value to search for, comparison type)
Use comparison type vbTextCompare which is not case sensitive i.e. A = a
Sub substring()
Dim Target As String, C As Range, lr As Long, ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1")
lr = ws.Range("A" & ws.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Target = "Claim"
For Each C In Range("A2:B" & lr)
If InStr(C, Target, Compare:=vbTextCompare) Then
MsgBox C.Address
End If
Next C
End Sub
You don't necessary need to check if the test value is larger than 0. In solution, the test string will be evaluated such that 0 = FALSE and ELSE = TRUE

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Trying to find all instances for a certain Text

I am trying to find all instances of a certain text within a range. I tried to creating a "Do Loop", but my loop keeps running, and doesn't time out.
Dim TextRange As Range
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim Cables As Range
LastRow = Report.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Set TextRange = rReport.Range("A20:AE" & RangeLastRow)
Set Cables = Report.Range("G20:G" & LastRow)
Dim cel As Range
Set cel = Cables.Cells.Find(what:=CableNumber)
If Not FindNumber Is Nothing Then 'If the number is found
Debug.Print CableNumber
Debug.Print FindCableNumber.Address
Do
Set FindNumber = Cables.FindNext(FindNumber)
Loop While Not FindNumber Is Nothing
Else 'If the cable number is not found
End If
The code you show is not complete and I am trying to deduce what you try accomplishing. I commented the strange lines, and changed the variables in a way to make it working. But I cannot be sure that what I suppose you really want accomplishing. Anyhow, please try understanding the next adapted code, test the suggested way and send some feedback:
Sub FandAllOccurrencesInRange()
Dim TextRange As Range 'not used
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim Cables As Range, Report As Worksheet, CableNumber
Set Report = Worksheets("Report") 'in case that Report is not the sheet code name
LastRow = Report.Range("A" & rows.Count).End(xlUp).row
'Set TextRange = rReport.Range("A20:AE" & RangeLastRow) 'not used
'is rReport a typo, or another undeclared, un set sheet?
Set Cables = Report.Range("G20:G" & LastRow)
CableNumber = "something" 'you must give a value to the variable to be searched!!!
Dim FindNumber As Range, firstAddress As String
Set FindNumber = Cables.Find(what:=CableNumber)
If Not FindNumber Is Nothing Then 'If the number is found
firstAddress = FindNumber.Address
Debug.Print CableNumber
Debug.Print FindCableNumber.Address
Do
Debug.Print FindNumber.Address
Set FindNumber = Cables.FindNext(FindNumber)
Loop While FindNumber.Address <> firstAddress
Else 'If the cable number is not found
End If
End Sub
It is good to know that FindNext returns in a loop, restarting iteration from the first occurrences. That's why firstAddress is necessary.

Excel VBA Multiple Sheet Search using Data from one Column

I am trying to search for values listed in a column from multiple sheets in my excel workbook. If excel finds a match I would like it to return sheet names of the tabs that had the value.
Here is what i have done so far. I decided to start off by using one keyword to search multiple tabs, copy and paste the sheet name. The code below only paste the first resulting sheet name when there are other sheets containing the same keyword. I would like to know how i can pull the other sheet names that contain the same keyword.
I would also like to know how i can set up the keyword to use information in Column A of the Field List.
Sub FinalAppendVar()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim arr() As String
Keyword = "adj_veh_smart_tech_disc"
Totalsheets = Worksheets.Count
For i = 1 To Totalsheets
If Worksheets(i).Name <> "Main" Or InStr(1, Worksheets(i).Name, " Checks") Or Worksheets(i).Name
<>_ "Field Lists" Then
lastrow = Worksheets(i).Cells(Rows.Count, 4).End(xlUp).Row
For j = 2 To lastrow
If Worksheets(i).Cells(1, 3).Value = Keyword Then
Worksheets("Field Lists").Activate
lastrow = Worksheets("Field Lists").Cells(Rows.Count, 4).End(xlUp).Row
Worksheets("Field Lists").Cells(lastrow + 1, 5).Value = Worksheets(i).Name
Worksheets("Field Lists").Cells(lastrow + 2, 5).Value = Worksheets(i).Name
End If
Next
End If
Next
End Sub
The following code should work for what you described.
A couple feedback items:
Tabbing out loops and if statements significantly improves code readability
Never reuse variable names (i.e. lastrow), it makes it hard to read and can cause issues that are difficult to find later on
Follow all Next with the loop variable (i.e. Next i), this improves readability and helps you keep track of the ends of loops
.Activate and .Select are generally never required in vba, its better to be explicit in what you are referencing
Sub FinalAppendVar()
Dim searchSheet As Excel.Worksheet
Dim pasteSheet As Excel.Worksheet
Dim keyword As String
Dim lastSearchRow As Integer
Dim lastPasteRow As Integer
' set the worksheet to paste to
Set pasteSheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Field Lists")
' set keyword to look for
keyword = "adj_veh_smart_tech_disc" '<-- manual entry
'keyword = pasteSheet.Range("A1").Value '<-- use value in cell A1 on the defined pasteSheet
' loop through all sheets in the workbook
For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Count
' set the current worksheet we are looking at
Set searchSheet = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(i)
' check if the current sheet is one we want to search in
If searchSheet.Name <> "Main" Or InStr(1, searchSheet.Name, " Checks") Or searchSheet.Name <> "Field Lists" Then
' current worksheet is one we want to search in
' find the last row of data in column D of the current sheet
lastSearchRow = searchSheet.Cells(1048576, 4).End(xlUp).Row
' loop through all rows of the current sheet, looking for the keyword
For j = 2 To lastSearchRow
If searchSheet.Cells(j, 3).Value = keyword Then
' found the keyword in row j of column C in the current sheet
' find the last row of column D in the paste sheet
'lastPasteRow = pasteSheet.Cells(1048576, 4).End(xlUp).Row
lastPasteRow = pasteSheet.Cells(1048576, 5).End(xlUp).Row '<-- update based on OPs comment
' paste the name of the current search sheet to the last empty cell in column E
pasteSheet.Cells(lastPasteRow + 1, 5).Value = searchSheet.Name
' not sure if the next line is needed, looks like it pastes again immediately below the previous
pasteSheet.Cells(lastPasteRow + 2, 5).Value = searchSheet.Name
' to save time consider exiting the search in the current sheet since the keyword was just found
' this will move to the next sheet immediately and not loop through the rest of the rows on the current
' search sheet. This may not align with the usecase so it is currently commented out.
'Exit For '<--uncomment this to move to the next sheet after finding the first instance of the keyword
Else
' the keyoword was not in row j of column C
' do nothing
End If
Next j
Else
' current sheet is one we don't want to search in
' do nothing
End If
Next i
End Sub
Please try this variant (Don't worry that the code is so long - the longer the programmer thought and the more wrote, the better the program works ... usually it is):
Option Explicit
Sub collectLinks()
Const LIST_SHEET_NAME As String = "Field Lists"
Dim wsTarget As Worksheet
Dim wsEach As Worksheet
Dim keywordCell As Range
Dim sKeyword As String
Dim linkCell As Range
Dim aFound As Range
Dim aCell As Range
On Error Resume Next
Set wsTarget = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(LIST_SHEET_NAME)
On Error GoTo 0
If wsTarget Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "'" & LIST_SHEET_NAME & "' not exists in active workbook", vbCritical, "Wrong book or sheet name"
Exit Sub
End If
Rem Clear all previous results (from column B to end of data)
wsTarget.UsedRange.Offset(0, 1).ClearContents
Rem Repeat for each cell of column A in UsedRange:
For Each keywordCell In Application.Intersect(wsTarget.UsedRange, wsTarget.Columns("A")) ' It can be changed to "D", "AZ" or any other column
sKeyword = keywordCell.Text
If Trim(sKeyword) <> vbNullString Then
Application.StatusBar = "Processed '" & sKeyword & "'"
Set linkCell = keywordCell
For Each wsEach In ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets
If wsEach.Name <> LIST_SHEET_NAME Then
Application.StatusBar = "Processed '" & sKeyword & "' Search in '" & wsEach.Name & "'"
Set aFound = FindAll(wsEach.UsedRange, sKeyword)
If Not aFound Is Nothing Then
For Each aCell In aFound
Set linkCell = linkCell.Offset(0, 1) ' Shift to rught, to the next column
linkCell.Formula2 = "=HYPERLINK(""#" & aCell.Address(False, False, xlA1, True) & """,""" & _
aCell.Worksheet.Name & " in cell " & aCell.Address(False, False, xlA1, False) & """)"
Next aCell
End If
End If
Next wsEach
End If
Next keywordCell
Application.StatusBar = False
Rem Column width
wsTarget.UsedRange.Columns.AutoFit
End Sub
Function FindAll(SearchRange As Range, FindWhat As Variant) As Range
Dim FoundCell As Range
Dim FirstFound As Range
Dim LastCell As Range
Dim ResultRange As Range
Dim Area As Range
Dim MaxRow As Long
Dim MaxCol As Long
For Each Area In SearchRange.Areas
With Area
If .Cells(.Cells.Count).Row > MaxRow Then
MaxRow = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Row
End If
If .Cells(.Cells.Count).Column > MaxCol Then
MaxCol = .Cells(.Cells.Count).Column
End If
End With
Next Area
Set LastCell = SearchRange.Worksheet.Cells(MaxRow, MaxCol)
Rem If your keyword can be a part of cell then change parameter xlWhole to xlPart:
Set FoundCell = SearchRange.Find(FindWhat, LastCell, xlValues, xlWhole, xlByRows)
If Not FoundCell Is Nothing Then
Set FirstFound = FoundCell
Do Until False ' Loop forever. We'll "Exit Do" when necessary.
If ResultRange Is Nothing Then
Set ResultRange = FoundCell
Else
Set ResultRange = Application.Union(ResultRange, FoundCell)
End If
Set FoundCell = SearchRange.FindNext(after:=FoundCell)
If (FoundCell Is Nothing) Then
Exit Do
End If
If (FoundCell.Address = FirstFound.Address) Then
Exit Do
End If
Loop
End If
Set FindAll = ResultRange
End Function
You can see how it works in this demo workbook - Create Links To Keywords.xlsm
EDIT By the way, the second part of this code, the FindAll() function, is a slightly shortened version of the Chip Pearson macro. Keep this link for yourself, there are many useful things to help you in future development.

VBA: type mismatch error on finding elements from another list

i am working on the exercise below but i need some help. It is giving runtime error 13. I am a beginner, can you please help me solve it? Of course other ways of solving the problem are more than welcomed. There are 2 lists (1: Sheet2.Range("E5:E1324") and 2:SearchRange = Sheet1.Range("F2:F4178"))
, of long text format and not exact match, list 1 contains a phrase of the information in list2. I need to know how many times data in list 2 is mentioned in list 1 (as i know there are times it goes up to 7)
Thank you a lot,
Ana
Sub countvalues()
' count how many times data in Description Range is listed in SearchRange
Dim i As Integer 'for looping in Description
Dim j As Integer 'for looping in SearchRange
Dim Counter As Integer
Dim FoundData As Range
Dim Description As Range
Dim SearchRange As Range
Set Description = Sheet2.Range("E5:E1324")
Set SearchRange = Sheet1.Range("F2:F4178")
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Counter = 0
For i = 5 To 1324 'trying with a narrower range for testing purpose
For j = 2 To 4178
Set FoundData = SearchRange.Find(Sheet2.Range("E" & i))
'On Error Resume Next
Counter = FoundData.Count + 1
Next j
Sheet2.Range("F" & i) = Counter
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Try the adapted code, please. It will work only if your string used for search (What) is contained in the searched range cells... I mean "test searched" will be found in "test searched today". But "test searched today" will not be found in "test searched"
Sub testFindSimilar()
Dim d As Long, strFirstAddress As String
Dim Counter As Long, lastR1 As Long, lastR2 As Long
Dim shD As Worksheet, shS As Worksheet, cel As Range
Set shD = sheet1
Set shS = sheet2
lastR1 = shS.Range("F" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
lastR2 = shD.Range("E" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For d = 5 To lastR2
Set cel = shS.Range("F2:F" & lastR1).Find(What:=shD.Range("E" & d).value, _
After:=shS.Range("F2"), LookIn:=xlValues, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, LookAt:=xlPart)
If Not cel Is Nothing Then
strFirstAddress = cel.Address
Do
Set cel = shS.Range("F2:F" & lastR1).FindNext(cel)
If Not cel Is Nothing Then
Counter = Counter + 1
End If
Loop Until cel.Address = strFirstAddress
End If
shD.Range("F" & d).value = Counter
Counter = 0: strFirstAddress = ""
Next d
End Sub
If you wont to test less rows, you can replace last rows variable with your testing numbers.

Find the last filled row in a filtered column without dropping the Autofilter

How do I get the position of the last non-empty cell in a filtered column without dropping the applied Autofilter? I understand it's easy to get the number of the last visible row with
Dim ws as Worksheet, rng As Range
Set rng = Range(Letter & 1 & ":" & Letter & 1) ' where Letter is the letter code of the column
GetLastVisibleRow = ws.Range(Split(ws.Cells(, rng.Column).Address, "$")(1) & ws.Rows.count).End(xlUp).row
but I need the number of the last filled row instead. At the same time, I'd like to avoid setting
ws.AutoFilterMode = False
if it's possible.
Thanks in advance.
Probably not the most efficient or fastest method, but this appears to work:
Function GetLastCellOfColumn(ColLetter As String) As Range
Dim Col As Range
Dim Rw As Long
Set Col = Range(ColLetter & ":" & ColLetter)
Set GetLastCellOfColumn = Intersect(ActiveSheet.UsedRange, Col)
For Rw = GetLastCellOfColumn.Cells.Count To 1 Step -1
If Len(GetLastCellOfColumn.Cells(Rw).Value) > 0 Then
Set GetLastCellOfColumn = GetLastCellOfColumn.Cells(Rw)
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function
A charming solution by #jkpieterse plus a useful comment by #BigBen is exactly what I was looking for. Just to finalize the thread, the function returning the row number is
Function GetLastFilledCellOfColumn(ws As Worksheet, ColLetter As String) As Long
Dim Col As Range, Urng As Range, Rw As Long
Set Col = ws.Range(ColLetter & ":" & ColLetter)
Set Urng = Intersect(ws.UsedRange, Col)
For Rw = Urng.Cells.count To 1 Step -1
If Not IsEmpty(Urng.Cells(Rw)) Then
GetLastFilledCellOfColumn = Rw
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function
Problem solved.
So maybe this is an alternative way to look into:
Sub Test()
Dim rng As Range
Dim col As Long: col = 2 'Change to whichever column you interested in
Dim rw as Long
With Sheet1 'Change to whichever sheets CodeName you need
Set rng = .Range("_FilterDatabase").Columns(col)
rw = .Evaluate("MAX(IF(" & rng.Address & "<>"""",ROW(" & rng.Address & ")))")
End With
End Sub
I'm afraid I rushed this a little and might have made a mistake but will have to get going. Hopefully you understand whats going on =)
Edit:
The above would definately work, but as figured out through the chat, there is actually a ListObject involved, called Table1, which throws of the AutoFilter range. So here are two alternative ways of doing the same thing:
Sub Test()
Dim rng As Range
Dim col As Long: col = 2 'Change to whichever column you interested in
Dim rw as Long
With Sheet1 'Change to whichever sheets CodeName you need
Set rng = .Range("Table1")
rw = .Evaluate("MAX(IF(" & rng.Address & "<>"""",ROW(" & rng.Address & ")))")
End With
End Sub
Or, when you don't know the name of the table:
Sub Test()
Dim rng As Range
Dim col As Long: col = 2 'Change to whichever column you interested in
Dim rw as Long
With Sheet1 'Change to whichever sheets CodeName you need
Set rng = .ListObjects(1).Range
rw = .Evaluate("MAX(IF(" & rng.Address & "<>"""",ROW(" & rng.Address & ")))")
End With
End Sub

Concatenate the values in one column separated by '/' based on the values assigned to the another column

I have an excel sheet which contains two columns called ProductName and CountryCode.i wanted to concatenate all the CountryCode separated by / based on the corresponding values in the column 'ProductName' and My output would be obtained in a separate column called 'FinalResults'. Please note that I used remove duplicate function to get unique values in Column C from Column A.
I tried the below VBA code with the help of stackoverflow and got the results.
Sub ProductCountry()
Dim ws As Worksheet: Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet2")
Dim FoundCell As Range, SearchRange As Range, Names As Range, SearchCell As Range
Dim MyString As String, i As Long
Set SearchRange = ws.Range("A2:A" & ws.Range("A" & ws.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)
SearchRange.AdvancedFilter Action:=xlFilterCopy, CopyToRange:=ws.Range("C2"), Unique:=True
ws.Range("C2").Delete Shift:=xlShiftUp
Set Names = ws.Range("C2:C" & ws.Range("C" & ws.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row)
For Each SearchCell In Names
Set FoundCell = SearchRange.Find(SearchCell)
For i = 1 To Application.WorksheetFunction.CountIf(SearchRange, SearchCell)
MyString = MyString & FoundCell.Offset(, 1) & "/"
Set FoundCell = SearchRange.FindNext(FoundCell)
Next i
SearchCell.Offset(, 1) = Left(MyString, Len(MyString) - 1)
MyString = ""
Next SearchCell
End Sub
Seems it works fine except for the first product PRO1. You could see it didn't concatenate the codes orderly and skipped the country code US and took the country code SG two times instead.
Can anyone help what went wrong in this script and I also got range error sometime if I use this same code for large data.
I rewrote it ...
Public Function ConcatenateCodes(ByVal strProductName As String, ByVal rngCells As Range, Optional ByVal strDelimiter As String = "/") As String
Application.Volatile
Dim objCell As Range, lngRow As Long, lngCol As Long, strThisProductName As String
Dim strCountry As String, lngBlank As Long
For lngRow = 1 To rngCells.Rows.Count
strThisProductName = Trim(rngCells.Cells(lngRow, 1))
strCountry = Trim(rngCells.Cells(lngRow, 2))
If strThisProductName & strCountry = "" Then
lngBlank = lngBlank + 1
Else
lngBlank = 0
If strProductName = strThisProductName Then
ConcatenateCodes = ConcatenateCodes & strDelimiter & strCountry
End If
End If
If lngBlank = 10 Then Exit For
Next
If ConcatenateCodes <> "" Then ConcatenateCodes = Mid(ConcatenateCodes, 2)
End Function
... I'm comfortable with the above but that's just me. It means the data doesn't need to be sorted and it will work.
Add the formula to your cell and watch it go.
If you concern about speed you should use arrays to handle your data:
Option Explicit
Public Sub CollectList()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet2")
'read values into array
Dim InputValues() As Variant
InputValues = ws.Range("A2", ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Offset(0, 1)).Value
Dim UniqueList As Object
Set UniqueList = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
'collect all products in a dictionary
Dim iRow As Long
For iRow = 1 To UBound(InputValues, 1)
If UniqueList.Exists(InputValues(iRow, 1)) Then
UniqueList(InputValues(iRow, 1)) = UniqueList(InputValues(iRow, 1)) & "/" & InputValues(iRow, 2)
Else
UniqueList.Add InputValues(iRow, 1), InputValues(iRow, 2)
End If
Next iRow
'output dictionary into cells
iRow = 2 'start output in row 2
Dim itm As Variant
For Each itm In UniqueList
ws.Cells(iRow, "C").Value = itm
ws.Cells(iRow, "D").Value = UniqueList(itm)
iRow = iRow + 1
Next itm
End Sub
As can be seen by the other responses, there are many ways to accomplish your task.
But read VBA HELP for the Range.Find method
I submit the following to help you understand where you went wrong:
This is your problem line:
Set FoundCell = SearchRange.Find(SearchCell)
You only specify the what argument for the Find. So other arguments default to some uncontrolled value. In general, the after argument will default to the beginning of the range, so the first matching term you will Find for PRO1 will be in A3. Also, the 2nd SG is being picked up because the lookat is defaulting to xlPart and PRO1 is contained within PRO10.
So one way of correcting that portion of your code, would be to be sure to specify all the relevant arguments of the Find. eg:
Set FoundCell = SearchRange.Find(what:=SearchCell, after:=SearchRange.End(xlDown), lookat:=xlWhole)

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