How concatination can be performed between two columns froms different worksheets in vba excel? - excel

Question

I need to contactinate data of two columns from two different worksheets using vba macro.
Ex- in an excel sheet there are two tabs/worksheets sheet1 and sheet2. sheet1 is having column firstname & middlename, sheet2 is having column last name. I want to concat all first,middle & last name .
i am able to concat column which are present in same worksheet but not the column from different worksheets. Kindly suggest.
Thanks.

Answer 1

As you wanted a VBA solution, I've put something together for you. It checks if the number of rows in columns A in the two sheets are the same, loads the data from columns A/B in the first sheet and column A in the second sheet into an array, and then loops these arrays, concatenating then with spaces between using Trim to cater for missing values and writing this to the column B of the second sheet:
Sub sConcatenate()
Dim wsFName As Worksheet
Dim wsLName As Worksheet
Dim wsOutput As Worksheet
Dim lngLastRow As Long
Dim lngLoop1 As Long
Dim aFName() As Variant
Dim aMName() As Variant
Dim aLName() As Variant
Set wsFName = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("FName")
Set wsLName = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("LName")
Set wsOutput = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("LName")
lngLastRow = wsFName.Cells(wsFName.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
If lngLastRow = wsOutput.Cells(wsOutput.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row Then
aFName = wsFName.Range("A1:A" & lngLastRow).Value
aMName = wsFName.Range("B1:B" & lngLastRow).Value
aLName = wsLName.Range("A1:A" & lngLastRow).Value
For lngLoop1 = LBound(aFName, 1) To UBound(aFName, 1)
wsOutput.Cells(lngLoop1, 2) = Trim(Trim(aFName(lngLoop1, 1) & " " & aMName(lngLoop1, 1)) & " " & aLName(lngLoop1, 1))
Next lngLoop1
End If
Set wsFName = Nothing
Set wsLName = Nothing
Set wsOutput = Nothing
End Sub
Regards,

Answer 2

Why don't you just use the CONCATENATE function? Open both workbooks and in the destination cell write the CONCATENATE function with the directions.
=CONCATENATE(Cell from Workbook 1," ",Cell from Workbook 2)
You didn't mention the details of your use case. But if you want something programatic, the code below shows how you can reference different workbooks and worksheets. You can a for loop and modify it for your use case.
Sub conc()
Dim destination_Wb as Workbook, wb1 As Workbook, wb2 As Workbook
Dim destination_Ws as Worksheet, ws1 As Worksheet, ws2 As Worksheet
Set destination_Wb = Workbooks(“Destination Workbook.xlsm”)
...
...
Set destination_Ws = destination_Wb.Sheets("Sheet1")
...
...
destination_Ws.Cells(1, 1).Value = ws1.Cells(1, 1).Value + " " + ws2.Cells(1, 1).Value
End sub

Answer 3

Concatenate Columns
Adjust the values in the constants section.
The Code
Option Explicit
Sub ConcatNames()
Const Source As String = "Sheet1"
Const Target As String = "Sheet2"
Const NameColumn As Long = 1
Const MiddleNameColumn As Long = 2
Const LastNameColumn As Long = 1
Const FullNameColumn As Long = 2
Const FirstRow As Long = 2
Dim rng As Range
Dim vName, vMiddle, vLast, vFull
Dim RowsCount As Long, i As Long
Dim CurrString As String
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(Source)
Set rng = .Columns(NameColumn).Find(What:="*", _
LookIn:=xlFormulas, SearchDirection:=xlPrevious)
Set rng = .Range(.Cells(FirstRow, NameColumn), rng)
vName = rng
RowsCount = rng.Rows.Count
Set rng = .Cells(FirstRow, MiddleNameColumn).Resize(RowsCount)
vMiddle = rng
End With
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(Target)
Set rng = .Cells(FirstRow, LastNameColumn).Resize(RowsCount)
vLast = rng
End With
ReDim vFull(1 To RowsCount, 1 To 1)
For i = 1 To RowsCount
GoSub BuildString
Next i
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(Target)
Set rng = .Cells(FirstRow, FullNameColumn).Resize(RowsCount)
rng = vFull
End With
Exit Sub
BuildString:
If vName(i, 1) = "" Then Return
CurrString = vName(i, 1)
If vMiddle(i, 1) <> "" Then CurrString = CurrString & " " & vMiddle(i, 1)
If vLast(i, 1) <> "" Then CurrString = CurrString & " " & vLast(i, 1)
vFull(i, 1) = WorksheetFunction.Trim(CurrString)
Return
End Sub