Delete EEE Parts from Excel File

[CC268]

Hello,

I'd like to come up with some VBA Code that will look up the following keywords in Columns E and I of my Excel file and delete those rows:

• Jans (this keyword needs to be searched in Column G only)
• Resistor
• %
• Diode
• Trans
• MCKT
• Micro
• Conn
• Relay
• Inductor

Thanks

 

[JoeMo]

This assumes the key words, if present, are not part of a longer string and that you don't care about case sensitivity. Both of these limitations are easily eliminated if desired.

Sub CC268()
Dim Wrds As Variant, Gwrd As String
Gwrd = "Jans"
Wrds = Array("Resistor", "%", "Diode", "Trans", "MCKT", "Micro", "Conn", "Relay", "Inductor")
Range("G:G").Replace Gwrd, "#N/A", xlWhole, , False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For i = LBound(Wrds) To UBound(Wrds)
    Range("E:E").Replace Wrds(i), "#N/A", xlWhole, , False
    Range("I:I").Replace Wrds(i), "#N/A", xlWhole, , False
Next i
Range("E:I").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, xlErrors).EntireRow.Delete
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

 

[CC268]

This assumes the key words, if present, are not part of a longer string and that you don't care about case sensitivity. Both of these limitations are easily eliminated if desired.

Sub CC268()
Dim Wrds As Variant, Gwrd As String
Gwrd = "Jans"
Wrds = Array("Resistor", "%", "Diode", "Trans", "MCKT", "Micro", "Conn", "Relay", "Inductor")
Range("G:G").Replace Gwrd, "#N/A", xlWhole, , False
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For i = LBound(Wrds) To UBound(Wrds)
    Range("E:E").Replace Wrds(i), "#N/A", xlWhole, , False
    Range("I:I").Replace Wrds(i), "#N/A", xlWhole, , False
Next i
Range("E:I").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, xlErrors).EntireRow.Delete
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Ahh good point. I don't care about case sensitivity, but these key words will almost always be part of a longer string.

Example: "Conn" may be "Connector, Plug", etc...

How would I modify the code to accommodate that?

 

[JoeMo]

Ahh good point. I don't care about case sensitivity, but these key words will almost always be part of a longer string.

Example: "Conn" may be "Connector, Plug", etc...

Then change "xlWhole" to "xlPart" in the 3 lines where it appears. Be aware that this may cause some deletions you were not expecting because the keyword is embedded in a longer word. If you want to run a "nondestructive" test first, change "Delete" to "Select" in the next to last line before "End Sub". Then look carefully at all the selected rows to see if you would want them all deleted. Otherwise, once you run the macro there's no undo and deleted rows will be gone.

 

[CC268]

Then change "xlWhole" to "xlPart" in the 3 lines where it appears. Be aware that this may cause some deletions you were not expecting because the keyword is embedded in a longer word. If you want to run a "nondestructive" test first, change "Delete" to "Select" in the next to last line before "End Sub". Then look carefully at all the selected rows to see if you would want them all deleted. Otherwise, once you run the macro there's no undo and deleted rows will be gone.

Thanks! I will give it a shot.

 

[CC268]

Then change "xlWhole" to "xlPart" in the 3 lines where it appears. Be aware that this may cause some deletions you were not expecting because the keyword is embedded in a longer word. If you want to run a "nondestructive" test first, change "Delete" to "Select" in the next to last line before "End Sub". Then look carefully at all the selected rows to see if you would want them all deleted. Otherwise, once you run the macro there's no undo and deleted rows will be gone.

I get an error that 'i' is not defined. What should it be defined as?

 

[JoeMo]

I get an error that 'i' is not defined. What should it be defined as?

Either delete Option Explicit or add this at the start:

Dim i as Long

 

[CC268]

Either delete Option Explicit or add this at the start:

Dim i as Long

When I run the VBA it just says, "No cells were found." It highlights the bolded row below. What I don't understand is that the keywords in the array are indeed gone, but it doesn't select them like I thought it would (as a test run). Not a big deal.

Option Explicit

Sub Delete_EEE()


Dim Wrds As Variant, Gwrd As String
Dim i As Long


Gwrd = "Jans"
Wrds = Array("ohm", "resistor", "MCKT", "micro", "inductor")


Range("G:G").Replace Gwrd, "#N/A", xlPart, , False


Application.ScreenUpdating = False


For i = LBound(Wrds) To UBound(Wrds)
    Range("E:E").Replace Wrds(i), "#N/A", xlPart, , False
    Range("I:I").Replace Wrds(i), "#N/A", xlPart, , False
Next i


[B]Range("E:I").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants, xlErrors).EntireRow.Select[/B]


Application.ScreenUpdating = True


End Sub

 

[CC268]

I stepped through the code using F8 and it does appear to be replacing the keywords with #N/A, but then it won't select those rows at the end for me to do a test run.

 

[JoeMo]

I stepped through the code using F8 and it does appear to be replacing the keywords with #N/A, but then it won't select those rows at the end for me to do a test run.

What happens when you attempt to execute the line that selects the rows? Do you get an error? If yes, what's the error message? If not, are you certain you haven't clicked on a cell or done something to deselect the rows?