Hey Excel Experts,
Can you show me how to delete multiple columns; preferably using an array and a loop?
As well as how to delete all rows where a specific cell has a specific value?(In my current case, empty cell)
That's all for now.
Thanks.
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Oh, yes. I mean delete.
We get lots of data from this website that we import into our database, and a lot of it we don't need.
I can clean it up pretty quickly now by hand, but I'd rather write a script to do it.
Is just clearing a safer idea when using macros, and then maybe delete excess at the end of the script?
me again:
2. Search a value in a column and delete the corresponding rows:
Run:
'To find/delete the string "Hello" in column C1:C10
DeleteValueRows Range("C1:C10), "Hello"
'To find/delete empty cells: case cell is <no data> or empty string
DeleteValueRows Range("C1:C10), ""
'To find/delete non-empty cells:
DeleteValueRows Range("C1:C10), "*" 'wildcard *
Sub DeleteValueRows(RgS As Range, ValueToFind As Variant)
Dim found As Boolean, firstAddress As String
Dim rg As Range, rgResult As Range
'Find all cells containing ValueToFind
Set rg = RgS.Find(ValueToFind, , xlValues, xlWhole)
If Not rg Is Nothing Then
firstAddress = rg.Address
Set rgResult = rg
Do
Set rgResult = Application.Union(rgResult
Set rg = RgS.FindNext(rg)
Loop While Not rg Is Nothing And rg.Address <> firstAddress
End If
'Insert into rgD and reset ValuesToFind
If Not rgResult Is Nothing Then
rgResult.EntireRow.Delete
End If
End Sub
Regards,
Sebastien
matt_mcswain,
I realise you would prefer to use a script to do the work however just in case you are not aware of it, if you click on a column header letter of a row number and then hold down CTRL and then press the minus sign - it will delete all the columns or rows you have highlighted. It can be much faster than using a mouse. CTRL and + does exactly the opposite - it adds columns or rows.
Patrick
Business Accounts
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by: sebastienmPosted on 2005-02-07 at 13:57:04ID: 13249209
Hi,
By Delete, do you really mean .. well... 'Delete', or just 'Clearing' the cells?
1a. Delete a row: eg row of B12 --> row 12
ActiveSheet.Range("B12").E
1b. Delete a column: columns of B2:F4 --> cols B,C,D,E,F
ActiveSheet.Range("B2:F4")
Regards,
Sebastien