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Trying to find the fourth blank cell in a column
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I'm trying to find th fourth blank cell in a column and select a range based on it. Should be simple but for some reason I can't makeit work. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd be most grateful. For background, I have some data followed by two blank cells, followed by more data, folowed by a blank cell, followed by more data followed by another blank cell, followed by more data followed by blank cells to the end. It's the start of these final blanks I'm trying to find programatically. Problem is that after firstqun,the rest of the variables show as zero Dim firstblank As String Dim firstqun As String Dim secondblank As Range Dim secondqun As String Dim thirdblank As Range Dim thirdqun As String Dim fourthblank As Range firstblank = Columns("a:a").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole).Row firstqun = firstblank + 2 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set secondblank = Range("a" & firstqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) secondqun = secondblank + 1 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set thirdblank = Range("a" & secondqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) thirdqun = thirdblank + 1 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set fourthblank = Range("a" & thirdqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) Range("A1:HH" & fourthblank).Select |
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Trying to find the fourth blank cell in a column
"It's the start of these final blanks I'm trying to find programmatically." According to my count that would be the fifth blank cell? 'Working from the bottom up... Dim FifthBlank as Range Set FifthBlank = Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End (xlUp).Offset(1,0) -- Jim Cone Portland, Oregon USA http://www.realezsites.com/bus/primitivesoftware (Excel Add-ins / Excel Programming) "teepee" wrote in message Hello I'm trying to find th fourth blank cell in a column and select a range based on it. Should be simple but for some reason I can't makeit work. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd be most grateful. For background, I have some data followed by two blank cells, followed by more data, folowed by a blank cell, followed by more data followed by another blank cell, followed by more data followed by blank cells to the end. It's the start of these final blanks I'm trying to find programatically. Problem is that after firstqun,the rest of the variables show as zero Dim firstblank As String Dim firstqun As String Dim secondblank As Range Dim secondqun As String Dim thirdblank As Range Dim thirdqun As String Dim fourthblank As Range firstblank = Columns("a:a").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole).Row firstqun = firstblank + 2 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set secondblank = Range("a" & firstqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) secondqun = secondblank + 1 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set thirdblank = Range("a" & secondqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) thirdqun = thirdblank + 1 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set fourthblank = Range("a" & thirdqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) Range("A1:HH" & fourthblank).Select |
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Trying to find the fourth blank cell in a column
Dim firstblank As Range
Dim firstqun As Range Dim secondblank As Range Dim secondqun As Range Dim thirdblank As Range Dim thirdqun As Range Dim fourthblank As Range Set firstblank = Columns("a:a").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) Set firstqun = firstblank.Offset(2, 0) Set secondblank = Columns("a:a").FindNext(after:=firstqun) Set secondqun = secondblank.Offset(1, 0) Set thirdblank = Columns("a:a").FindNext(after:=secondqun) Set thirdqun = thirdblank.Offset(1, 0) Set fourthblank = Columns("a:a").FindNext(after:=thirdqun) Range("A1:HH" & fourthblank.Row).Select -- HTH Bob (there's no email, no snail mail, but somewhere should be gmail in my addy) "teepee" wrote in message ... Hello I'm trying to find th fourth blank cell in a column and select a range based on it. Should be simple but for some reason I can't makeit work. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd be most grateful. For background, I have some data followed by two blank cells, followed by more data, folowed by a blank cell, followed by more data followed by another blank cell, followed by more data followed by blank cells to the end. It's the start of these final blanks I'm trying to find programatically. Problem is that after firstqun,the rest of the variables show as zero Dim firstblank As String Dim firstqun As String Dim secondblank As Range Dim secondqun As String Dim thirdblank As Range Dim thirdqun As String Dim fourthblank As Range firstblank = Columns("a:a").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole).Row firstqun = firstblank + 2 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set secondblank = Range("a" & firstqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) secondqun = secondblank + 1 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set thirdblank = Range("a" & secondqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) thirdqun = thirdblank + 1 Cells.FindNext(After:=ActiveCell).Activate Set fourthblank = Range("a" & thirdqun & ":a1000").Find(What:="", LookAt:=xlWhole) Range("A1:HH" & fourthblank).Select |
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Trying to find the fourth blank cell in a column
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:10:55 +0100, "teepee" wrote:
I'm trying to find th fourth blank cell in a column and select a range based on it. Should be simple but for some reason I can't makeit work. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd be most grateful. I would approach it a bit differently, storing the blank cells in an array, and then selecting the one you want: ====================== Option Explicit Sub GetBlankCells() Dim BlankCells(0 To 3) As Range Dim rg As Range, c As Range Dim i As Long Set rg = Range("A:A") Set rg = rg.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks) i = 0 For Each c In rg Set BlankCells(i) = c i = i + 1 If i 3 Then Exit For Next c For i = 0 To 3 Debug.Print BlankCells(i).Address Next i End Sub ============================== So BlankCells(3) would be the fourth empty cell. --ron |
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Trying to find the fourth blank cell in a column
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:10:55 +0100, "teepee" wrote:
Hello I'm trying to find th fourth blank cell in a column and select a range based on it. Should be simple but for some reason I can't makeit work. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd be most grateful. For background, I have some data followed by two blank cells, followed by more data, folowed by a blank cell, followed by more data followed by another blank cell, followed by more data followed by blank cells to the end. It's the start of these final blanks I'm trying to find programatically. It occurs to me you might want to be searching for cells that display a blank, and not cells that are actually empty. If so, something like: ======================== Sub GetNullStringCells() Dim BlankCells(0 To 3) As Range Dim rg As Range Dim i As Long Set rg = Range("A:A") Set BlankCells(0) = rg.Find("", LookIn:=xlValues) For i = 1 To 3 Set BlankCells(i) = rg.FindNext(BlankCells(i - 1)) Next i For i = 0 To 3 Debug.Print BlankCells(i).Address Next i End Sub ============================ --ron |
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Trying to find the fourth blank cell in a column
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:09:24 -0400, Ron Rosenfeld
wrote: On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:10:55 +0100, "teepee" wrote: I'm trying to find th fourth blank cell in a column and select a range based on it. Should be simple but for some reason I can't makeit work. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd be most grateful. I would approach it a bit differently, storing the blank cells in an array, and then selecting the one you want: ====================== Option Explicit Sub GetBlankCells() Dim BlankCells(0 To 3) As Range Dim rg As Range, c As Range Dim i As Long Set rg = Range("A:A") Set rg = rg.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks) i = 0 For Each c In rg Set BlankCells(i) = c i = i + 1 If i 3 Then Exit For Next c For i = 0 To 3 Debug.Print BlankCells(i).Address Next i End Sub ============================== So BlankCells(3) would be the fourth empty cell. --ron Rereading your original post, I'm not sure how you want to set the range after you've found each blank cell. I'm also not sure if you want to skip the second blank cell. --ron |
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Trying to find the fourth blank cell in a column
On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:30:03 -0400, Ron Rosenfeld
wrote: On Sun, 27 Apr 2008 17:10:55 +0100, "teepee" wrote: Hello I'm trying to find th fourth blank cell in a column and select a range based on it. Should be simple but for some reason I can't makeit work. Anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I'd be most grateful. For background, I have some data followed by two blank cells, followed by more data, folowed by a blank cell, followed by more data followed by another blank cell, followed by more data followed by blank cells to the end. It's the start of these final blanks I'm trying to find programatically. It occurs to me you might want to be searching for cells that display a blank, and not cells that are actually empty. If so, something like: ======================== Sub GetNullStringCells() Dim BlankCells(0 To 3) As Range Dim rg As Range Dim i As Long Set rg = Range("A:A") Set BlankCells(0) = rg.Find("", LookIn:=xlValues) For i = 1 To 3 Set BlankCells(i) = rg.FindNext(BlankCells(i - 1)) Next i For i = 0 To 3 Debug.Print BlankCells(i).Address Next i End Sub ============================ --ron Rereading your original post, I'm not sure how you want to set the range after you've found each blank cell. I'm also not sure if you want to skip the second blank cell. --ron |
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Trying to find the fourth blank cell in a column
Many thanks Bob and Ron. I'm in your debt.
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