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how do I import tab delimited data?
Hi All, I am trying to do a macro that imports tab delimited data in two
columns. I started with a macro from here. http://www.cpearson.com/excel/imptext.htm , and tweaked it slightly to my needs, but it won't work for tab delimited data. I don't need to select the delimiter, as it will always be tabbed. My code is below in two macros, can I make this into one? Thanks in adnvance. Sub ImportTextFile(FName As String, Sep As String) Dim RowNdx As Integer Dim ColNdx As Integer Dim TempVal As Variant Dim WholeLine As String Dim Pos As Integer Dim NextPos As Integer Dim SaveColNdx As Integer Application.ScreenUpdating = False 'On Error GoTo EndMacro: SaveColNdx = ActiveCell.Column RowNdx = ActiveCell.Row Open FName For Input Access Read As #1 While Not EOF(1) Line Input #1, WholeLine If Right(WholeLine, 1) < Sep Then WholeLine = WholeLine & Sep End If ColNdx = SaveColNdx Pos = 1 NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep) While NextPos = 1 TempVal = Mid(WholeLine, Pos, NextPos - Pos) Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Value = TempVal Pos = NextPos + 1 ColNdx = ColNdx + 1 NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep) Wend RowNdx = RowNdx + 1 Wend EndMacro: On Error GoTo 0 Application.ScreenUpdating = True Close #1 End Sub *********************** Public Sub DoTheImport() Dim FName As Variant Dim Sep As String FName = Application.GetOpenFilename _ (filefilter:="Text Files(*.dat),*.dat,All Files (*.*),*.*") If FName = False Then MsgBox "You didn't select a file" Exit Sub End If Sep = InputBox("Enter a single delimiter character.", _ "Import Text File") ImportTextFile CStr(FName), Sep End Sub |
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how do I import tab delimited data?
I also have been working on importing text files, but I have something more
along this line for the importing: Workbooks.OpenText filename:="DATA.TXT", _ dataType:=xlDelimited, tab:=True What you have seems quite long, unless you need to do more things. If the data is seperated by Tabs into two columns, I would think this would be enough. HTH! "Rob" wrote: Hi All, I am trying to do a macro that imports tab delimited data in two columns. I started with a macro from here. http://www.cpearson.com/excel/imptext.htm , and tweaked it slightly to my needs, but it won't work for tab delimited data. I don't need to select the delimiter, as it will always be tabbed. My code is below in two macros, can I make this into one? Thanks in adnvance. Sub ImportTextFile(FName As String, Sep As String) Dim RowNdx As Integer Dim ColNdx As Integer Dim TempVal As Variant Dim WholeLine As String Dim Pos As Integer Dim NextPos As Integer Dim SaveColNdx As Integer Application.ScreenUpdating = False 'On Error GoTo EndMacro: SaveColNdx = ActiveCell.Column RowNdx = ActiveCell.Row Open FName For Input Access Read As #1 While Not EOF(1) Line Input #1, WholeLine If Right(WholeLine, 1) < Sep Then WholeLine = WholeLine & Sep End If ColNdx = SaveColNdx Pos = 1 NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep) While NextPos = 1 TempVal = Mid(WholeLine, Pos, NextPos - Pos) Cells(RowNdx, ColNdx).Value = TempVal Pos = NextPos + 1 ColNdx = ColNdx + 1 NextPos = InStr(Pos, WholeLine, Sep) Wend RowNdx = RowNdx + 1 Wend EndMacro: On Error GoTo 0 Application.ScreenUpdating = True Close #1 End Sub *********************** Public Sub DoTheImport() Dim FName As Variant Dim Sep As String FName = Application.GetOpenFilename _ (filefilter:="Text Files(*.dat),*.dat,All Files (*.*),*.*") If FName = False Then MsgBox "You didn't select a file" Exit Sub End If Sep = InputBox("Enter a single delimiter character.", _ "Import Text File") ImportTextFile CStr(FName), Sep End Sub |
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