Hello - I am using a find method to search for a name in a given range.
For example, i use something like this,

Range("A1:A125").Find ("Name").select

to select the cell so that I can reference the row index. My proble
is handling those names that do not exist at the time.
The list will eventually have the name but at certain points of th
month it will not. how do i get around this problem. I have tried t
jusst through it into an error handler, but this is messy. Pls help

wad

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Hi wade

One way is to use a On Error Resume Next


On Error Resume Next
Range("A1:A125").Find("Name").Select
On Error GoTo 0


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Regards Ron de Bruin
(Win XP Pro SP-1 XL2000-2003)
www.rondebruin.nl



"wade " wrote in message ...
Hello - I am using a find method to search for a name in a given range.
For example, i use something like this,

Range("A1:A125").Find ("Name").select

to select the cell so that I can reference the row index. My problem
is handling those names that do not exist at the time.
The list will eventually have the name but at certain points of the
month it will not. how do i get around this problem. I have tried to
jusst through it into an error handler, but this is messy. Pls help

wade


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Wade,

This will select it if it finds it and do nothing otherwise:

If Not Range("A1:A125").Find("Name") Is Nothing Then
Range("A1:A125").Find("Name").Select
End If

If you have multiple occurences of name you could modify this from xl2000
help:
"This example finds all cells in the range A1:A500 on worksheet one that
contain the value 2, and then it makes those cells gray."

Dim c As Range

Dim firstaddress As String



With Worksheets(1).Range("a1:a500")

Set c = .Find("Name")

If Not c Is Nothing Then

firstaddress = c.Address

Do

c.Interior.Pattern = xlPatternGray50

Set c = .FindNext(c)

Loop While Not c Is Nothing And c.Address < firstaddress

End If

End With




hth,



Doug




"wade " wrote in message
...
Hello - I am using a find method to search for a name in a given range.
For example, i use something like this,

Range("A1:A125").Find ("Name").select

to select the cell so that I can reference the row index. My problem
is handling those names that do not exist at the time.
The list will eventually have the name but at certain points of the
month it will not. how do i get around this problem. I have tried to
jusst through it into an error handler, but this is messy. Pls help

wade


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Dim rngToFind as Range
On Error Resume Next
Set rngToFind = Range("A1:A125").Find(What:="Name")
On Error Goto 0
If Not rngToFind Is Nothing Then
rngToFind.Select
End If

Perhaps Match would suit better since you are applying some kind of indexing
system. Match returns the relative position of an item within a list.
Dim varRes as Variant
varRes = Application.Match("Name", Range("A1:A125"),0)
If Not isError(varRes) Then
Msgbox "index position is " & varRes
Else
Msgbox "Couldn't find it."
End If


"wade " wrote in message
...
Hello - I am using a find method to search for a name in a given range.
For example, i use something like this,

Range("A1:A125").Find ("Name").select

to select the cell so that I can reference the row index. My problem
is handling those names that do not exist at the time.
The list will eventually have the name but at certain points of the
month it will not. how do i get around this problem. I have tried to
jusst through it into an error handler, but this is messy. Pls help

wade


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