On Wednesday, September 17, 2014 11:44:12 AM UTC-5, BMPInc. NOT wrote:
Hello all,



I�m hoping to get some assistance with the following:



I have column �A� and �B�.



Column �B� has some cells with 4 dashes (----). I would like to replace

the dashes with the value from the cell directly above it. There might

be one cell with dashes or many contiguous cells with dashes in column

�B�.



The other thing I�m trying to do is make sure the value in the cell to

the left of the dashes, and the value directly above that cell, are the

same. If they are not, the dashes should not be replaced. Like this:



Befo

COLA | COLB

Part1 | PO1

Part1 | ----

Part1 | ----

Part2 | ----

Part3 | PO2

Part3 | ----



After:

COLA | COLB

Part1 | PO1

Part1 | PO1

Part1 | PO1

Part2 | ----

Part3 | PO2

Part3 | PO2



I found the code below on extendoffice.com. It works great if the cells

are blank (instead of filled with dashes). This code also requires that

I have a cell in column �B� selected. I�m trying to make it so I don�t

have to worry about what cell is selected. And, I need to add the

validation step.



Any help is appreciated.



Thanks!



Sub AddPOToBlanks()

'fill blank cells in column with value above



Dim Area As Range, LastRow As Long

On Error Resume Next

LastRow = Cells.Find(What:="*", SearchOrder:=xlRows, _

| | SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, _

| | LookIn:=xlFormulas).Row

For Each Area In ActiveCell.EntireColumn(1).Resize(LastRow). _

| | SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks).Areas

Area.Value = Area(1).Offset(-1).Value

Next

End Sub


Forgot about this but could probably be modified to use a
FINDNEXT macro. Send me the file with my first macro, etc.






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BMPInc.