Find Cell containing text in column and does NOT contain certain word in first 6 characters of string - excel

Question

I am searching a column for cell that contains text and does not contain the word "cat" in the first 6 characters (needs to be case insensitive). This will then cut that entire row to another sheet. Cannot get the code to run without compile errors. the below code is before i try to change it. I do not know how to code it to look at the first 6 characters.
tried instr & iserror but i think my existing code just needs a small alteration which escapes me.
Sub CATDEFECTS()
UsdRws = Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = UsdRws To 2 Step -1
If Range("C" & i).Value Like "<>""" And Range("c" & i).Value Like "CAT" Then
Rows(i).Cut Sheets("AWP DEFECTS").Range("A" & rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1)
Rows(i).Delete
End If
Next i
End Sub

Answer 1

Regardless of how you decide to implement the macro, your test to see if a cell is blank is entirely redundant. You can just test if the cell meets your CAT criteria. If it does, it is definitely not blank so no need to test it.
Method 1
You can look at the first 6 characters with LEFT(Range, 6)
If Left(Range("C" & i), 6) Like "*CAT*" Then
This needs Option Compare to work (Thanks #Comintern)
Method 2
I would prefer this method. Its explicit and does not delete or shift anything inside the loop so your action statements are greatly minimized.
Sub Cat()
Dim ws As Worksheet: Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1") '<--UPDATE
Dim ps As Worksheet: Set ps = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("AWP DEFECTS")
Dim LR As Long, DeleteMe As Range, i As Long
LR = ws.Range("C" & ws.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = 2 To LR
If InStr(Left(ws.Range("C" & i), 6), "CAT") Then
If Not DeleteMe Is Nothing Then
Set DeleteMe = Union(DeleteMe, ws.Range("C" & i))
Else
Set DeleteMe = ws.Range("C" & i)
End If
End If
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
If Not DeleteMe Is Nothing Then
LR = ps.Range("A" & ps.Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
DeleteMe.EntireRow.Copy ps.Range("A" & LR)
DeleteMe.EntireRow.Delete
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Answer 2

If cat is within the first 6 characters then InStr will report its position being less than 5.
Sub CATDEFECTS()
dim UsdRws as long, pos as long
UsdRws = Range("C" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
For i = UsdRws To 2 Step -1
pos =instr(1, cells(i, "C").value2, "cat", vbtextcompare)
If pos > 0 and pos < 5 Then
Rows(i).Cut Sheets("AWP DEFECTS").Range("A" & rows.Count).End(xlUp).Offset(1)
Rows(i).Delete
End If
Next i
End Sub

Answer 3

Criteria Backup (Hide/Delete)
To enable the deletion of the rows in the Source Worksheet you have to set cDEL to True in the constants section. Adjust the other constants to fit you needs.
The Code
Option Explicit
'Option Compare Text
Sub CATDEFECTS()
With Application
.ScreenUpdating = False
.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
End With
On Error GoTo ProcedureExit
' Source Constants
Const cSource As Variant = "Sheet1" ' Worksheet Name/Index
Const cCol As Variant = "C" ' Search Column Letter/Number
Const cFirstR As Long = 2 ' First Row Number
Const cChars As Long = 6 ' Number of Chars
Const cSearch As String = "CAT" ' Search String
' Target Constants
Const cTarget As Variant = "AWP DEFECTS" ' Worksheet Name/Index
Const cColTgt As Variant = "A" ' Column Letter/Number
Const cFirstRTgt As Long = 2 ' First Row Number
Const cDEL As Boolean = False ' Enable Delete (True)
' Variables
Dim rngH As Range ' Help Range
Dim rngU As Range ' Union Range
Dim vntS As Variant ' Source Array
Dim i As Long ' Source Range Row Counter
' The Criteria
' When the first "cChars" characters do not contain the case-INsensitive
' string "cSearch", the criteria is met.
' Source Worksheet
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(cSource)
' Calculate Last Cell in Search Column using the Find method and
' assign it to Help (Cell) Range.
Set rngH = .Columns(cCol).Find("*", , xlFormulas, _
xlWhole, xlByColumns, xlPrevious)
' Calculate Source Column Range from Help (Cell) Range.
If Not rngH Is Nothing Then ' Last Cell was found.
' Calculate Source Column Range and assign it to
' Help (Column) Range using the Resize method.
Set rngH = .Cells(cFirstR, cCol).Resize(rngH.Row - cFirstR + 1)
' Copy Help (Column) Range into 2D 1-based 1-column Source Array.
vntS = rngH
' Show hidden rows to prevent the resulting rows (the rows to be
' hidden or deleted) to appear hidden in Target Worksheet.
rngH.EntireRow.Hidden = False
Else ' Last Cell was NOT found (unlikely).
MsgBox "Empty Column '" & cCol & "'."
GoTo ProcedureExit
End If
' Loop through rows of Source Array.
For i = 1 To UBound(vntS)
' Check if current Source Array value doesn't meet Criteria.
If InStr(1, Left(vntS(i, 1), cChars), cSearch, vbTextCompare) = 0 _
Then ' "vbUseCompareOption" if "Option Compare Text"
' Note: To use the Like operator instead of the InStr function
' you have to use (uncomment) "Option Compare Text" at the beginning
' of the module for a case-INsensitive search and then outcomment
' the previous and uncomment the following line.
' If Not Left(vntS(i, 1), cChars) Like "*" & cSearch & "*" Then
Set rngH = .Cells(i + cFirstR - 1, cCol)
If Not rngU Is Nothing Then
' Union Range contains at least one range.
Set rngU = Union(rngU, rngH)
Else
' Union Range does NOT contain a range (only first time).
Set rngU = rngH
End If
End If
Next
End With
' Target Worksheet
If Not rngU Is Nothing Then ' Union Range contains at least one range.
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(cTarget)
' Calculate Last Cell in Search Column using the Find method and
' assign it to Help Range.
Set rngH = .Columns(cColTgt).Find("*", , xlFormulas, _
xlWhole, xlByColumns, xlPrevious)
' Calculate Last Cell from Help Range, but in column 1 ("A").
If Not rngH Is Nothing Then ' Last Cell was found.
Set rngH = .Cells(rngH.Row + 1, 1)
Else ' Last Cell was NOT found.
Set rngH = .Cells(cFirstRTgt - 1, 1)
End If
' Copy the entire Union Range to Target Worksheet starting from
' Help Range Row + 1 i.e. the first empty row (in one go).
' Note that you cannot Cut/Paste on multiple selections.
rngU.EntireRow.Copy rngH
End With
' Hide or delete the transferred rows (in one go).
If cDEL Then ' Set the constant cDEL to True to enable Delete.
rngU.EntireRow.Delete
Else ' While testing the code it is better to use Hidden.
rngU.EntireRow.Hidden = True
End If
End If
ProcedureExit:
With Application
.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
.ScreenUpdating = True
End With
End Sub
Remarks
The use of the array did not speed up considerably.
The InStr function was a few milliseconds faster than the Like operator in my data set.
Calculating the Real Used Range and copying it into a Source Array
and then writing the data that meets the criteria from Source Array
to a Target Array and copying the Target Array to the Target
Worksheet, might be faster, and/but would additionally copy the data without formulas or formatting.