how do I deal with error 1004 in vba excel? - excel

Question

Basically I have 3 worksheets . From the first worksheet I get a value (rotid) , and by using the match function I try to find the value in the second worksheet , and copy the row associated with the value into worksheet 3 where y is the index of the row in sheet 2 which corresponds to the value (rotid). But sometimes a value is not found in worksheet 2 and the program crashes . How can I deal with this error ?
worksheet 1 is list,
worksheet 2 is rotmain2,
worksheet 3 is imdb
btw this is how my code looks like . Im not sure how to use codetags.
Sub combine_imdb_rot_data()
' y is the index of the row in rotmain2 which corresponds to rotid
Dim y As Variant
Sheets("imdbmain").Select
For i = 1 To 4415
' select sheet list and assign rotid for value of the cell in row i+1 and column 7
rotid = Sheets("list").Cells(i + 1, 7).Value
' if rotid is not empty,
If Len(rotid) > 0 Then
'look for a row that corresponds to the rotid in worksheet "rotmain2"
Sheets("rotmain2").Select
'x = Sheets("list").Cells(i + 1, 7).Row
y = WorksheetFunction.Match(rotid, Range("B1:B4218"), 0)
If IsNumeric(y) Then
' copy the information in the row
Range(Cells(y, 1), Cells(y, 13)).Select
Selection.Copy
' paste it into row i+1 in worksheet "imdbmain"
Sheets("imdbmain").Select
'select row i+1 in imdbmain
Range(Cells(i + 1, 9), Cells(i + 1, 21)).Select
Workbooks(1).Sheets(1).Paste
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Else
' copy the information in the row
Range(A4220, M4220).Select
Selection.Copy
' paste it into row i+1 in worksheet "imdbmain"
Sheets("imdbmain").Select
'select row i+1 in imdbmain
Range(Cells(i + 1, 9), Cells(i + 1, 21)).Select
Workbooks(1).Sheets(1).Paste
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End If
End If
Next
End Sub
I also tried with another method suggested by Remou.
Is this how the .find method works ? Im not sure but when I use it I get a Runtime error 13 type mismatch:
Sub combine_imdb_rot_data()
' y is the index of the row in rotmain2 which corresponds to rotid
Dim y As Variant
Sheets("imdbmain").Select
For i = 1 To 4415
' select sheet list and assign rotid for value of the cell in row i+1 and column 7
rotid = Sheets("list").Cells(i + 1, 7).Value
' if rotid is not empty,
If Len(rotid) > 0 Then
'look for a row that corresponds to the rotid in worksheet "rotmain2"
Sheets("rotmain2").Select
'x = Sheets("list").Cells(i + 1, 7).Row
Set y = Range("B1:B4218").Find(rotid)
If y Is Nothing Then
' copy the information in the row
'Range("1:4," & x & ":" & x).Copy
'Range("A&x"&:&"M&x").Copy
'Copy empty row
Range("A101:M101").Select
Selection.Copy
' paste it into row i+1 in worksheet "imdbmain"
Sheets("imdbmain").Select
'select row i+1 in imdbmain
Range(Cells(i + 1, 9), Cells(i + 1, 21)).Select
Workbooks(1).Sheets(1).Paste
Else
' copy the information in the row
'Range("1:4," & x & ":" & x).Copy
'Range("A&x"&:&"M&x").Copy
Range(Cells(y, 1), Cells(y, 13)).Select
Selection.Copy
' paste it into row i+1 in worksheet "imdbmain"
Sheets("imdbmain").Select
'select row i+1 in imdbmain
Range(Cells(i + 1, 9), Cells(i + 1, 21)).Select
Workbooks(1).Sheets(1).Paste
Application.CutCopyMode = False
End If
End If
Next
End Sub

Answer 1

You could trap the error, or perhaps use Find:
rotid=5 ''Let us say
With Worksheets(1).Range("B1:B4218")
''Find returns a range object, so we use Set
Set y = .Find(rotid, LookIn:=xlValues, lookAt:=xlWhole)
If y Is Nothing Then
Debug.Print "Not found"
Else
''This will print a cell, $b$15, for example
Debug.Print y.Address
''This will print 5
Debug.Print y.Value
End If
End With
Futher information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa195730%28office.11%29.aspx

Answer 2

The first thing you may want to do is put On Error Resume Next at the top of your module. Give that a try first.