Excel - Move rows containing an empty cell to another sheet - excel

Question

This is my first attempt at VBA, so I apologize for my ignorance. The situation is as follows: I have a spreadsheet that consists of 4 columns and 629 rows. When I am trying to do is iterate through the 4 cells in each row and check for a blank cell. If there is a row that contains a blank cell, I want to cut it from Sheet1 and paste it into the first available row in Sheet2.
(Ideally the number of columns AND the number of rows is dynamic based on each spreadsheet, but I have no idea how to iterate through rows and columns dynamically)
Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
' Move lines containing empty cells to sheet 2
'
' Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+r
'
Dim Continue As Boolean
Dim FirstRow As Long
Dim CurrentRow As Long
Dim LastRow As Long
Dim EmptySheetCount As Long
Dim Counter As Integer
'Initialize Variables
LContinue = True
FirstRow = 2
CurrentRow = FirstRow
LastRow = 629
EmptySheetCount = 1
'Sheets(Sheet1).Select
'Iterate through cells in each row until an empty one is found
While (CurrentRow <= LastRow)
For Counter = 1 To 4
If Sheet1.Cells(CurrentRow, Counter).Value = "" Then
Sheet1.Cells(CurrentRow).EntireRow.Cut Sheet2.Cells(EmptySheetCount, "A")
EmptySheetCount = EmptySheetCount + 1
Counter = 1
CurrentRow = CurrentRow + 1
GoTo BREAK
Else
Counter = Counter + 1
End If
Counter = 1
BREAK:
Next
Wend
End Sub
When I run it, I typically get an error around the Sheet1.Cells(CurrentRow, Counter).Value = "" area, so I know I'm referencing sheets incorrectly. I've tried Sheets(Sheet1), Worksheets("Sheet1") and nothing seems to be working. When I do change to Worksheets("Sheet1"), however, it runs and just freezes Excel.
I know I'm doing multiple things wrong, I just know way too little to know what.
Thanks a lot in advance. And sorry for the crap formatting.

Answer 1

There are a few things wrong with your code so rather than go through them individually here is a basic looping version that does what you're after.
Sub moveData()
Dim wksData As Worksheet
Dim wksDestination As Worksheet
Dim lastColumn As Integer
Dim lastRow As Integer
Dim destinationRow As Integer
Set wksData = Worksheets("Sheet1")
Set wksDestination = Worksheets("Sheet2")
destinationRow = 1
lastColumn = wksData.Range("XFD1").End(xlToLeft).Column
lastRow = wksData.Range("A1048576").End(xlUp).Row
For i = lastRow To 1 Step -1 'go 'up' the worksheet to handle 'deletes'
For j = 1 To lastColumn
If wksData.Cells(i, j).Value = "" Then 'check for a blank cell in the current row
'if there is a blank, cut the row
wksData.Activate
wksData.Range(Cells(i, 1), Cells(i, lastColumn)).Cut
wksDestination.Activate
wksDestination.Range(Cells(destinationRow, 1), Cells(destinationRow, lastColumn)).Select
ActiveSheet.Paste
'If required this code will delete the 'cut' row
wksData.Rows(i).Delete shift:=xlUp
'increment the output row
destinationRow = destinationRow + 1
Exit For 'no need to carry on with this loop as a blank was already found
End If
Next j
Next i
set wksData = Nothing
set wksDestination = Nothing
End Sub
There are other ways that will achieve the same outcome but this should give you and idea of how to use loops, sheets, ranges, etc.
The lastColumn and lastRow variables will find the the last column/row of data in the given columns/rows (i.e, in my code it finds the last column of data in row 1, and the last row of data in column A).
Also, you should get into the habit of debugging and stepping through code to identify errors and see exactly what each line is doing (this will also help you learn too).

Answer 2

You might find this of use.
It uses an array variable to store the values of the cells in the row to be moved. It does not use cut and paste, so only transfer the data values, and the code does not require activation of the required sheets.
The destination rows are in the same order as the rows on the original sheet.
The method used to find the last cell used in the row and column is more elegant than other answers given.
Option Explicit
Public Sub test_moveData()
Dim wksData As Worksheet
Dim wksDestination As Worksheet
Set wksData = shtSheet1 ' Use the Codename "shtSheet1" for the worksheet. ie the value of the sheet property that is displayed as "(Name)"
Set wksDestination = shtSheet2
moveData wksData, wksDestination
End Sub
Public Sub moveData(wksData As Worksheet, wksDestination As Worksheet)
Dim ilastColumn As Integer
Dim ilastRow As Integer
Dim iRow As Long
Dim iColumn As Long
Dim iDestinationRowNumber As Integer
Dim MyArray() As Variant
Dim rngRowsToDelete As Range
iDestinationRowNumber = 1
ilastColumn = wksData.Cells(1, wksData.Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
ilastRow = wksData.Cells(wksData.Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
ReDim MyArray(1, ilastColumn)
Set rngRowsToDelete = Nothing
For iRow = 1 To ilastRow Step 1 'No need to go 'up' the worksheet to handle 'deletes'
For iColumn = 1 To ilastColumn
If wksData.Cells(iRow, iColumn).Value = "" Then 'check for a blank cell in the current row
MyArray = wksData.Range(wksData.Cells(iRow, 1), wksData.Cells(iRow, ilastColumn)).Value
wksDestination.Range(wksDestination.Cells(iDestinationRowNumber, 1),
wksDestination.Cells(iDestinationRowNumber, ilastColumn) _
).Value = MyArray
'Store the rows to be deleted
If rngRowsToDelete Is Nothing Then
Set rngRowsToDelete = wksData.Rows(iRow)
Else
Set rngRowsToDelete = Union(rngRowsToDelete, wksData.Rows(iRow))
End If
'increment the output row
iDestinationRowNumber = iDestinationRowNumber + 1
Exit For 'no need to carry on with this loop as a blank was already found
End If
Next iColumn
Next iRow
If Not rngRowsToDelete Is Nothing Then
rngRowsToDelete.EntireRow.Delete shift:=xlUp
End If
Set rngRowsToDelete = Nothing
Set wksData = Nothing
Set wksDestination = Nothing
End Sub
' enjoy