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Delete Row if Sum equals 0 (VB Code)

I am looking for a code that sums 5 cells that are in a single row. If those 5 cells together equal 0, then delte the row and then loop to the next row. Continue looping til end of spreadsheet.

VB Code:
1. Sum AH2+AQ2+AZ2+BI2+BR2. If the sum is 0, then delete row. Loop through entire sheet until no more rows.
2. Then End Sub

Nasir Razzaq

Is that for Excel? What are the columns for cells?

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philip m o'brien

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Rob Henson

Add the formula in a column to the right of the data:

=AH2+AQ2+AZ2+BI2+BR2

Thena pply a filter to the data and select the dropdown for the new column and select the zero value in the list of values.

Highlight and delete the rows.

Alternatively use the filter custom option to show only those that don't equal zero.

Cheers
Rob H

philip m o'brien

If you are likely to have text entries or error values in those columns then simply throw in an "on error resume next" line.

Rob Henson

Should ahve added that the formula then needs copying/dragging down to other rows.

If the new formula is in a column next to the last column of complete data, ie no rows with gaps, double click the bottom right corner of the cell and it will fill down for all data.

Cheers
Rob H

kateebebe

ASKER

Exactly what I wanted it to do. Thank you for such a quick response!

philip m o'brien

Just as a final note, I wanted to see how far I could take your question. The code below, pasted into a module will all you to:

select which columns you want to sum by the column letter

allow any number of columns to be selected

e.g. when prompted you could enter, from your original question:
AH,AQ,AZ,BI,BR
and it would then loop through, as before and delete those which sum to zero.
Equally you could run it for just
AH,AQ,AZ
Or any other length list.
Enjoy.

Option Explicit
Private myString As String
Private mySplit As Variant

Sub deleteIfMySelectionisZero()

Dim lastRow As Long
Dim n As Long, a As Long, intIndex As Long
Dim mySum As Long
Dim msg As Variant

On Error GoTo errorCatcher

Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    getInput
    
    intIndex = UBound(mySplit) + 1
    lastRow = Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeLastCell).Row

    For n = lastRow To 1 Step -1
        mySum = 0
        For a = 1 To intIndex
            mySum = mySum + Range(mySplit(a - 1) & n).Value
        Next
        If mySum = 0 Then Cells(n, 1).EntireRow.Delete
    Next
    GoTo theEnd:
    
errorCatcher:
    msg = MsgBox("Oops, there's an error in your data, exiting routine now.", _
        vbCritical, "Something went wrong")

theEnd:
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Sub getInput()
    myString = InputBox("Enter your column selections separated by commas e.g. A,B etc")
    mySplit = Split(myString, ",")
End Sub

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