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Default Help! Overflow Error 6

Change this line Dim lngLastNum As Long

To Dim lngLastNum As Double

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 23:07:01 -0400, "Gauthier" wrote:

Hi Myrna...thanks for your reply! i must pre-empt with my usual, "my vba
skills are beginner - at best" spiel!...
pardon my ignorance, but what is "double" data type, and would i go about
incorporating that into my code??
(sorry for asking)
sandi

"Myrna Larson" wrote in message
.. .
From Help:

"Long (long integer) variables are stored as signed 32-bit (4-byte)

numbers
ranging in value from -2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647"

4,201,010,101

is, as the error message told you, too big for a long integer. You need to

use
the Double data type here.


On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 22:14:23 -0400, "Gauthier"

wrote:

oh oh...i rec'd this code from another valuable contributor and it worked
fine at first, however, the data changed, and now i get a OVERFLOW ERROR

6
when it gets to line 5 ?? the code fills down the numeric value, until

it
reaches the next value, then takes THAT value, and fillsdown until the

next
value, and so on, and so on...
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
debugging shows the following values for;
lngLastNum = 42010101
CLng(rngCell.Value) = 4201010101
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cell C1 (where it starts) has the following value: 4201
the next value encountered is: 42010101 - and it fills down correctly
next value encountered is: 4201010101 - that's when the b/o error occurs
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ACTUAL CODE
line
1 ' FILLDOWN TERRITORY NUMBERS
2 Dim rngCell As Range
3 Dim lngLastNum As Long

4 Set rngCell = Range("C1")
5 lngLastNum = CLng(rngCell.Value)

While Not IsEmpty(rngCell)
If IsNumeric(rngCell.Value) Then
lngLastNum = rngCell.Value
Else
rngCell.Value = lngLastNum
End If
Set rngCell = rngCell.Offset(1)
Wend
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APPRECIATE YOUR ASSISTANCE - AS ALWAYS!
Sandi