Excel VBA: multiple if cell contains string X then make cell on left value Y

[2Took]

Hello,

How would I go about VBA code for multiple:

if cell in Range("C10:C27") contains string X then make cell on left value Y
if cell in Range("C10:C27") contains string X1 then make cell on left value Y1
if cell in Range("C10:C27") contains string X2 then make cell on left value Y2

 

[Mortiray]

You want to use the function InStr([start_pos], string1, string2). This returns the position of string2 within string1, and will return 0 if string2 is not included in string1. This way, you can check if InStr returns a value greater than 0 to see if it's contained within, as follows.

Sub SetLeftIfContains(ByVal InputCells As Range, ByVal CheckIfContainsString As String, ByVal OutputString As String)

    Dim c As Range
    For Each c In InputCells.Cells
  
        If InStr(c.Value, CheckIfContainsString) > 0 Then Cells(c.Row, c.Column - 1).Value = OutputString
      
    Next c
  
End Sub

You can then use this method on your examples as follows:

SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X, Y
SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X1, Y1
SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X2, Y2

You can replace Range("C10:C27") with Selection and it'll operate on all selected cells

 

[2Took]

You want to use the function InStr([start_pos], string1, string2). This returns the position of string2 within string1, and will return 0 if string2 is not included in string1. This way, you can check if InStr returns a value greater than 0 to see if it's contained within, as follows.

Sub SetLeftIfContains(ByVal InputCells As Range, ByVal CheckIfContainsString As String, ByVal OutputString As String)

    Dim c As Range
    For Each c In InputCells.Cells
 
        If InStr(c.Value, CheckIfContainsString) > 0 Then Cells(c.Row, c.Column - 1).Value = OutputString
     
    Next c
 
End Sub

You can then use this method on your examples as follows:

SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X, Y
SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X1, Y1
SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X2, Y2

You can replace Range("C10:C27") with Selection and it'll operate on all selected cells

Where do I put those last three lines of code?

 

[Mortiray]

You can put them in their own sub. Just replace the X, Y, X1, Y1, X2, and Y2 values with the strings you actually want there, enclosed by quotes.

Sub SetLeftMacro()
    SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X, Y
    SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X1, Y1
    SetLeftIfContains Range("C10:C27"), X2, Y2
End Sub

then you can run this macro from the macros window