Excel if function - excel

Question

I've made this large excel sheet and at the time i didn't know i'd need to sort this table through categories.
I have in a column (J here ) the description of the line and the category joint. (example: "Shipment of tires for usin'ss")
The only way i was able to sort the table the way i wanted was to build a category column using this :
=IF(COUNTIF(J3;"*usi*");"Usins";IF(COUNTIF(J3;"*remis*");"Remise";IF(COUNTIF(J3;"*oe*");"Oenols";IF(COUNTIF(J3;"*KDB*");"KDB";IF(COUNTIF(J3;"*vis*");"cvis";IF(COUNTIF(J3;"*amc*");"AMC";0))))))
usi for instance is a segment of a category name, that i sometimes wrote as
usin'ss
usin
usin's
usins
'cause you know smart.
Anyway, how do i translate =If(If(If...))) into something readable in VBA like:
If...then
If... then

Answer 1

Example of "IF ... ELSE" in EVBA
IF condition_1 THEN
'Instructions inside First IF Block
ELSEIF condition_2 Then
'Instructions inside ELSEIF Block
...
ELSEIF condition_n Then
'Instructions inside nth ELSEIF Block
ELSE
'Instructions inside Else Block
END IF
Example of Case Switch in EVBA
Select Case score
Case Is >= 90
result = "A"
Case Is >= 80
result = "B"
Case Is >= 70
result = "C"
Case Else
result = "Fail"
End Select
Both cases work off a waterfall type logic where if the first condition is met, then it does not continue, but if condition 1 is not met then it checks the next, etc.
Example usage:
Function makeASelectAction(vI_Score As Integer) As String
Select Case vI_Score
Case Is >= 90
makeASelectAction = "A, fantastic!"
Case Is >= 80
makeASelectAction = "B, not to shabby."
Case Is >= 70
makeASelectAction = "C... least your average"
Case Else
makeASelectAction = "Fail, nuff said."
End Select
End Function
Function makeAnIfAction(vS_Destination As String, vS_WhatToSay As String, Optional ovR_WhereToStick As Range, Optional ovI_TheScore As Integer)
If vS_Destination = "popup" Then
MsgBox (vS_WhatToSay)
ElseIf vS_Destination = "cell" Then
ovR_WhereToStick.value = vS_WhatToSay
ElseIf vS_Destination = "select" Then
MsgBox makeASelectAction(ovI_TheScore)
End If
End Function
Sub PopMeUp()
Call makeAnIfAction("popup", "Heyo!")
End Sub
Sub PopMeIn()
Call makeAnIfAction("cell", "Heyo!", Range("A4"))
End Sub
Sub MakeADescision()
Call makeAnIfAction(vS_Destination:="select" _
, vS_WhatToSay:="Heyo!" _
, ovI_TheScore:=80 _
)
End Sub
It will show you how to send variables to functions and how to call said function, it will show you how use optional parameters, how a function and interact with another function or sub, how do write a value to a sheet or spit out a messagebox. The possabilities are endless. Let me know if you need anything else cleared up or coded out.

Answer 2

You seem to be using CountIf just to see if the contents of the cell matches a certain pattern and, if so, give a replacement string. In VBA you can use the Like operator for pattern matching. In any event -- here is a function I wrote which, when passed a string and a series of pattern/substitution strings, loops through the patterns until it finds a match and then returns the corresponding substitution. If no match is found, it returns an optional default value (the last argument supplied). If no default is supplied, it returns #N/A.
The code illustrates that sometimes complicated nested ifs can be replaced by a loop which iterates through the various cases. This is helpful when you don't know the number of cases before hand.
Function ReplacePattern(s As String, ParamArray patterns()) As Variant
Dim i As Long, n As Long
n = UBound(patterns)
If n Mod 2 = 0 Then n = n - 1
For i = 0 To n Step 2
If s Like patterns(i) Then
ReplacePattern = patterns(i + 1)
Exit Function
End If
Next i
If UBound(patterns) Mod 2 = 0 Then
ReplacePattern = patterns(n + 1)
Else
ReplacePattern = CVErr(xlErrNA)
End If
End Function
Your spreadsheet formula is equivalent to
=ReplacePattern(J3,"*usi*","Usins","*remis*","Remise","*oe*","Oenols","*KDB*","KDB","*vis*","cvis","*amc*","AMC",0)