Copy & Paste

[detweiler]

As part of some prep work I have found myself routinely doing, I have to update column J in 6 worksheets by replacing the device or tag id number with the available name which could be in an adjacent cell in columns K through P. I say could be because one or more of the cells could be empty.

I have skulked around the interwebs for pieces of how to do this to frankenvba something together. Having failed miserably, I have come home seeking any help.

What I would like to do is to first locate the device or tag id number in column J, then look for the first cell to the right, limiting the look through column P, with any content and copy it back into the cell to replace the device or tag id number.

Guidance and instruction are, as always, very much appreciated.

 

[rpaulson]

try this on a copy of your file>

Sub Replace_j()

For r = 2 To Cells(Rows.Count, "J").End(xlUp).Row

If Cells(r, "J") = "device" Or Cells(r, "J") = "tag id" Then

For c = 16 To 11 Step -1 'loop thru column P thru K in reverse
If Cells(r, c) = "" Then GoTo 88

Cells(r, "J") = Cells(r, c)

88 Next c
99 End If
Next r


End Sub

hth,

Ross

 

[detweiler]

Ross,

Thanks. Definitely wouldn't have been able to frankenvba that together!

My bad on this, but did try to see if I could find answer first... for the first If Cells(r, "J"), how do I get it to process only those cells that have numbers in them and not the literal text "device" or "tag id"?

TJ

 

[rpaulson]

If IsNumeric(Cells(r, "J")) = True Then

 

[DanteAmor]

How about

Sub Copy_paste()
    Dim c As Range, d As String
    
    For Each c In Range("J2", Range("J" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
        If c.Value Like "*[0-9]*" Then
            d = Range("J" & c.Row & ":P" & c.Row).End(xlToRight)
            c.Value = IIf(d <> "", d, c)
        End If
    Next
End Sub

 

[detweiler]

Just wanted to thanks again to Rosss ( rpaulson ) and DanteArmor for the assist.

 

[DanteAmor]

I'm glad to help you. Thanks for the feedback.