copy and pasting area not the same size? - excel

Question

Dim lastrow&, lastCol&, myarray As Range
lastrow = Range("A1").End(xlDown).Row
lastCol = Range("XX1").End(xlToLeft).Column
Set myarray = Range("A1").Resize(lastrow, lastCol)
Range("A1", myarray).Select
So i added the above code to recognise the last column and last row and copy the array
Selection.Copy
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Selection.Copy
Application.WindowState = xlNormal
Windows("Ex-Pakistan Calculator Final.xlsm").Activate
Sheets("MRG").Select
'has to find the last row by itself
Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(2, 0).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
Getting an error on the last line "activesheet.paste" saying copy and pasting area isn't the same size, try selecting one cell. enter image description here
Thing is, "Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(2, 0).Select" does only select one cell, so I don't see the issue.

Answer 1

Following is an ideal way to copy and paste using range selection. You can change this code as per your requirement.
Sub CopyPaste()
Dim selectRange As range
Dim lastrow As Integer
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Sheets("Sheet1").Activate
lastrow = range("A1").End(xlDown).Row
Set selectRange = range("A1:A" & lastrow)
selectRange.Copy
Sheets("Sheet2").range("B1:B" & lastrow).PasteSpecial xlPasteAll
End Sub

Answer 2

Congrats on starting to use VBA. There's several things in your code that could use improvement. You want to avoid using select (a common beginner task). You also don't even need to move around your sheet, or even use copy/paste.
However, see below where I've broken up your code with some statements to stop and check where you're at. I think this will accomplish what you want, but also help you gain a better grasp of what you're doing (it's always a battle getting started!)
Keep battling.
Sub adfa()
Const turnOnStops As Boolean = True 'change to true or false to review code
Dim WS_Pull As Worksheet:
Set WS_Pull = ActiveSheet 'better to define this with actual sheet name
Dim lastrow As Long:
lastrow = WS_Pull.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row 'this assumes column a has the bottom row and no rows hidden
If turnOnStops Then
Debug.Print "Lastrow is " & lastrow
Stop
End If
Dim lastcol As Long:
lastcol = WS_Pull.Cells(1, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column 'same assumptions but with columns on row 1 instead of columna a
If turnOnStops Then
Debug.Print "lastcol is " & lastcol
Stop
End If
Dim myarray As Range:
Set myarray = WS_Pull.Range("A1").Resize(lastrow, lastcol) ' I'm not sure what you're trying to do here.
If turnOnStops Then
Dim theAnswer As Long
theAnswer = MsgBox("The address of myArray is " & myarray.Address & ". Stop code?", vbYesNo)
If theAnswer = vbYes Then Stop
End If
Dim WS_paste As Worksheet: Set WS_paste = Sheets("MRG") 'it would be better to use the SHEET (shown in the VBA project)
WS_Pull.Range("A1", myarray).Copy '<--- what are trying to copy.
If turnOnStops Then
theAnswer = MsgBox("The area copied was " & WS_Pull.Range("A1", myarray).Address & ". Stop code?", vbYesNo)
If theAnswer = vbYes Then Stop
End If
If turnOnStops Then
theAnswer = MsgBox("The area you are going to paste to is " & _
WS_paste.Cells(1, Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(2, 0).Address & " stop code?", vbYesNo)
If theAnswer = vbYes Then Stop
End If
End Sub