I want to highlight multiple cells using VB
 

I've looked all over and can't seem to figure out how to do this...

Cells A1:A100 have data
I want to have a button that when clicked, searches A1:A100
for the text in the current Active Cell.
Then, have it select each cell that matches.

Example: B1 has the word "blah"
B1 is selected.
A1:A100 have various words, but A5 and A8 have the word "blah"
I want to click on the button, and have A5 and A8 be selected as if
I had held CTRL and clicked on A5 and A8.

I want to highlight multiple cells using VB
 

Here is one way to do it...

Sub SelectMatchingItems()
Dim R As Range
Dim SelectedItems As Range
For Each R In Range("A1:A100")
If R.Value = ActiveCell.Value And R.Value < "" Then
If SelectedItems Is Nothing Then
Set SelectedItems = R
Else
Set SelectedItems = Union(SelectedItems, R)
End If
End If
Next
If Not SelectedItems Is Nothing Then
SelectedItems.Select
End If
End Sub

Rick


"Christopher7291972" wrote in message
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I've looked all over and can't seem to figure out how to do this...

Cells A1:A100 have data
I want to have a button that when clicked, searches A1:A100
for the text in the current Active Cell.
Then, have it select each cell that matches.

Example: B1 has the word "blah"
B1 is selected.
A1:A100 have various words, but A5 and A8 have the word "blah"
I want to click on the button, and have A5 and A8 be selected as if
I had held CTRL and clicked on A5 and A8.

I want to highlight multiple cells using VB
 

Sub mySelector()
Dim myRange As Range, myCell As Range
Dim mySelection As String

Set myRange = Range("A1:A100")
mySelection = ""

For Each myCell In myRange
If ActiveCell.Value = myCell.Value Then
If Len(mySelection) < 0 Then
mySelection = mySelection & ","
End If
mySelection = mySelection & myCell.Address
End If
Next
Range(mySelection).Select
End Sub

--

Regards,
Nigel




"Christopher7291972" wrote in message
ps.com...
I've looked all over and can't seem to figure out how to do this...

Cells A1:A100 have data
I want to have a button that when clicked, searches A1:A100
for the text in the current Active Cell.
Then, have it select each cell that matches.

Example: B1 has the word "blah"
B1 is selected.
A1:A100 have various words, but A5 and A8 have the word "blah"
I want to click on the button, and have A5 and A8 be selected as if
I had held CTRL and clicked on A5 and A8.

I want to highlight multiple cells using VB
 

That will fail when a match is not found because the string will be
empty, and will also fail when the string grows too long... The Union
approach is more robust.

-Basilisk96


"Nigel" wrote:
Sub mySelector()
Dim myRange As Range, myCell As Range
Dim mySelection As String

Set myRange = Range("A1:A100")
mySelection = ""

For Each myCell In myRange
If ActiveCell.Value = myCell.Value Then
If Len(mySelection) < 0 Then
mySelection = mySelection & ","
End If
mySelection = mySelection & myCell.Address
End If
Next
Range(mySelection).Select
End Sub

--

Regards,
Nigel