Concatenate text and insert carriage returns using macro

Place this code in the worksheet code module. Select the cells and run macro "Step1". Click in any cell to paste the result.

Private Value As String

Public Sub Step1()

    Dim Cell As Range

    Value = vbNullString
    For Each Cell In Selection
        Value = Value & IIf(Len(Value) > 0, vbLf, vbNullString) & Cell
    Next Cell

End Sub

Private Sub Worksheet_SelectionChange(ByVal Target As Range)

    If Target.Cells.Count = 1 Then
        If Len(Value) > 0 Then
            ActiveCell.Value = Value
            Value = vbNullString
        End If
    End If

End Sub

Kevin

Just select a range of cells and run this code. It will display the result on a mesage box. You can put it on a place on your sheet if you want.

jppinto

Sub JoinCells()
Dim result As String
Dim i As Long

For i = 1 To Selection.Cells.Count
    If Selection.Cells(i, 1).Value <> "" Then
       result = result & Selection.Cells(i, 1).Value & Chr(10)
    End If
Next i

MsgBox (result)

End Sub

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Zorvek, your solution didn't appear to do anything when i ran it.

ippinto, how do you paste the data onto the sheet instead of showing a message box.

You have to put the code in the worksheet code module, not a general code module.

Kevin

Zorvek,

I have built a add-in where i keep all my macros, i'd like to add it to that so i can run this on any excel document.  Is there a way to do that.  I have about a hundred different excel files where i need to use this macro.

A different approach. Select the cells, run the macro below, select the target cell (double click to enter text) and press CTRL+V.

Public Sub CopyCellsToClipboard()

    Dim Clipboard As Object
    Dim Cell As Range
    Dim Value As String

    Set Clipboard = GetObject("New:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
   
    Value = vbNullString
    For Each Cell In Selection
        Value = Value & IIf(Len(Value) > 0, vbLf, vbNullString) & Cell
    Next Cell
    Clipboard.SetText Value
    Clipboard.PutInClipboard
   
End Sub

Kevin

Something like this...

Sub JoinCells()
Dim result As String
Dim i As Long

For i = 1 To Selection.Cells.Count
    If Selection.Cells(i, 1).Value <> "" Then
        If i <> Selection.Cells.Count Then
            result = result & Selection.Cells(i, 1).Value & Chr(10)
        Else
            result = result & Selection.Cells(i, 1).Value
        End If
    End If
Next i

Cells(1, 10).Value = result

End Sub

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ippinto, It seems to just paste into J1, can i shoose where to paste it.

If you are using Excel, which you hinted to in your zone you chose, you can use the following

=CONCATENATE(A1,CHAR(10),B1)

This would combine the text in A1 and B1 with a carriage return in between

Note: This wont work unless you have wrap text on for the cell you are using to combine them.

"I've seen that this can be done using a formula, but i would prefer to just select the text and hit a button."

My mistake, didnt read the whole thing.

An elegant solution, it worked perfectly, and I added it to my macro add-in.  Thank you for helping me out on this.

Anthony