On Aug 15, 12:25*pm, wrote:
On Aug 15, 11:53*am, gbpg wrote:



Sorry that does not help

"Gary Keramidas" wrote:
look at findnext in vb help.

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Gary

"gbpg" wrote in message
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I am copying a text file into excel (all one column A) from a database and
want to delete rows that have the following information:
the date for example 08/14/2008 followed by QMS Log Page 69 of 79 (this will
of course be 1 of 79 etc). I have tried to use some of the threads seen in
this discussion group in a macro but with no luck. My attempt is
Sub testme02()

* *Dim MyRng As Range
* *Dim FoundCell As Range
* *Dim wks As Worksheet
* *Dim myStrings As Variant
* *Dim iCtr As Long

* *myStrings = Array("QMS Log Page") 'add more strings if you need

* *Set wks = ActiveSheet

* *With wks
* * * *Set MyRng = .Range("a2:a" & .Rows.Count)
* *End With

* *For iCtr = LBound(myStrings) To UBound(myStrings)
* * * *Do
* * * * * *With MyRng
* * * * * * * *Set FoundCell = .Cells.Find(what:=myStrings(iCtr), _
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *after:=.Cells(.Cells.Count), _
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *LookIn:=xlValues, _
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *lookat:=xlWhole, _
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *searchorder:=xlByRows, _
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *searchdirection:=xlNext, _
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *MatchCase:=False)

* * * * * * * *If FoundCell Is Nothing Then
* * * * * * * * * *Exit Do
* * * * * * * *Else
* * * * * * * * * *FoundCell.EntireRow.Delete
* * * * * * * *End If
* * * * * *End With
* * * *Loop
* *Next iCtr
End Sub

Try this...

* * Dim MyRng As Range
* * Dim FoundCell As Range
* * Dim wks As Worksheet
* * Dim myStrings As Variant
* * Dim iCtr As Long

* * myStrings = Array("QMS Log Page") 'add more strings if you need

* * Set wks = ActiveSheet

* * With wks
* * * * Set MyRng = .Range("a2:a" & .Rows.Count)
* * End With

* * For iCtr = LBound(myStrings) To UBound(myStrings)
* * * * Do
* * * * * * With MyRng
* * * * * * * * Set FoundCell = .Cells.Find what:= "*" &
myStrings(iCtr) & "*" ' this will find anything that contains your
sting
* * * * * * * * If FoundCell Is Nothing Then
* * * * * * * * * * Exit Do
* * * * * * * * Else
* * * * * * * * * * FoundCell.EntireRow.Delete
* * * * * * * * End If
* * * * * * End With
* * * * Loop
* * Next iCtr
End Sub

Looking at your original code there were two lines that jumped out...

lookat:=xlWhole - You said your string starts with a date then QMS
etc. this would only find those cells that match exactly "QMS Log
Page"
after:=.Cells(.Cells.Count) - I am not sure what the point of this is?

James

Thinking about it would it not be easier just to use the autofilter?

Dim MyRng As Range
Dim FoundCell As Range
Dim wks As Worksheet
Dim myStrings As Variant
Dim iCtr As Long

myStrings = Array("QMS Log Page") 'add more strings if you need

Set wks = ActiveSheet

With wks
Set MyRng = .Range("a2:a" & .Rows.Count)
set MyDeleteRng = .Range("a3:a" & .rows.count) ' This assumes
header information in row 2?
End With

For iCtr = LBound(myStrings) To UBound(myStrings)
MyRng.Autofilter 1, "*" myStrings(iCtr) & "*"
MyDeleteRng.entirerow.delete
Next iCtr
myRng.AutofIlter ' switch the autofilter off
End Sub

James