Extend Macro

Brian from Maui

Brian from Maui

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Aloha,

I recorded the following macro and would like to extend the macro to row 1,000. The macro inserts a row, deletes column C, then cuts cells A5 and B5 and paste the cells in F2 and G2. It then deletes 8 rows.

Then it repeats the process

Thanks

Code: 
Sub Macro1()
'
' Macro1 Macro
'
'
    Rows("1:1").Select
    Selection.Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
    Columns("C:C").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
    Range("A5:B5").Select
    Selection.Cut
    Range("F2").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
    Rows("3:10").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A6:B6").Select
    Selection.Cut
    Range("F3").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
    Rows("4:11").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A7:B7").Select
    Selection.Cut
    Range("F4").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
    Rows("5:12").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A8:B8").Select
    Selection.Cut
    Range("F5").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
    Rows("6:13").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A9:B9").Select
    Selection.Cut
    Range("F6").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
    Rows("7:14").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A10:B10").Select
    Selection.Cut
    Range("F7").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
    Rows("8:15").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A11:B11").Select
    Selection.Cut
    Range("F8").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
    Rows("9:16").Select
    Selection.Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A12:B12").Select
    Selection.Cut
    Range("F9").Select
    ActiveSheet.Paste
End Sub
 

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First and foremost, you need to get rid of all of the Select/Selection operations. They are not necessary in the macro. Excel records them because that is literally what you are doing, but for efficient macro operation, this is all you need:
Rich (BB code): 
Sub Macro1()
    Rows("1:1").Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
    Columns("C:C").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
    
    Range("A5:B5").Cut Destination:=Range("F2")
    Rows("3:10").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A6:B6").Cut Destination:=Range("F3")
    Rows("4:11").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A7:B7").Cut Destination:=Range("F4")
    Rows("5:12").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A8:B8").Cut Destination:=Range("F5")
    Rows("6:13").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A9:B9").Cut Destination:=Range("F6")
    Rows("7:14").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A10:B10").Cut Destination:=Range("F7")
    Rows("8:15").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A11:B11").Cut Destination:=Range("F8")
    Rows("9:16").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A12:B12").Cut Destination:=Range("F9")
End Sub

With that out of the way, it looks like you need a For loop to perform this operation multiple times. Try this on a copy of your data, because I did not actually test this.

Rich (BB code): 
Sub Macro2()
    Const iMAX_ROW As Long = 1000
    
    Rows("1:1").Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
    Columns("C:C").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
    
    Dim iCutCells As Long
    Dim iDestCells As Long
    Dim iDeleteCellsStart As Long
    Dim iDeleteCellsEnd As Long
    
    Dim i As Long
    
    iCutCells = 5
    iDestCells = 2
    iDeleteCellsStart = 3
    iDeleteCellsEnd = 10
    
    For i = 0 To iMAX_ROW - 1
      Range("A" & iCutCells + i & ":B" & iCutCells + i).Cut Destination:=Range("F" & iDestCells)
      Rows(iDeleteCellsStart + i & ":" & iDeleteCellsEnd + i).Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Next i
End Sub

You may need to change iMAX_ROW to a smaller number, based on the number of rows you are deleting. So instead of 1000, it may only need to be 1000 / (10-3) ~= 143.
 
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iliace said:
First and foremost, you need to get rid of all of the Select/Selection operations. They are not necessary in the macro. Excel records them because that is literally what you are doing, but for efficient macro operation, this is all you need:
Rich (BB code): 
Sub Macro1()
    Rows("1:1").Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
    Columns("C:C").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
    
    Range("A5:B5").Cut Destination:=Range("F2")
    Rows("3:10").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A6:B6").Cut Destination:=Range("F3")
    Rows("4:11").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A7:B7").Cut Destination:=Range("F4")
    Rows("5:12").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A8:B8").Cut Destination:=Range("F5")
    Rows("6:13").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A9:B9").Cut Destination:=Range("F6")
    Rows("7:14").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A10:B10").Cut Destination:=Range("F7")
    Rows("8:15").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A11:B11").Cut Destination:=Range("F8")
    Rows("9:16").Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Range("A12:B12").Cut Destination:=Range("F9")
End Sub

With that out of the way, it looks like you need a For loop to perform this operation multiple times. Try this on a copy of your data, because I did not actually test this.

Rich (BB code): 
Sub Macro2()
    Const iMAX_ROW As Long = 1000
    
    Rows("1:1").Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
    Columns("C:C").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
    
    Dim iCutCells As Long
    Dim iDestCells As Long
    Dim iDeleteCellsStart As Long
    Dim iDeleteCellsEnd As Long
    
    Dim i As Long
    
    iCutCells = 5
    iDestCells = 2
    iDeleteCellsStart = 3
    iDeleteCellsEnd = 10
    
    For i = 0 To iMAX_ROW - 1
      Range("A" & iCutCells + i & ":B" & iCutCells + i).Cut Destination:=Range("F" & iDestCells)
      Rows(iDeleteCellsStart + i & ":" & iDeleteCellsEnd + i).Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Next i
End Sub

You may need to change iMAX_ROW to a smaller number, based on the number of rows you are deleting. So instead of 1000, it may only need to be 1000 / (10-3) ~= 143.
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Aloha iliace,

This works except it does not cut from Columns A5:B5 and paste in Columns F2 and so on.

Appreciate you looking at this. My co-worker has been cutting/pasting and deleting data over 2,000 rows
 
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How about
Code: 
Sub Macro1()
   Dim i As Long

   Rows("1:1").Insert shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
   Columns("C:C").Delete shift:=xlToLeft
   For i = 5 To 1000
      Range("A" & i).Resize(, 2).Copy Range("F" & i - 3)
      Rows(i - 2 & ":" & i + 5).Delete
   Next i

End Sub
 
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Fluff said:
How about
Code: 
Sub Macro1()
   Dim i As Long

   Rows("1:1").Insert shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
   Columns("C:C").Delete shift:=xlToLeft
   For i = 5 To 1000
      Range("A" & i).Resize(, 2).Copy Range("F" & i - 3)
      Rows(i - 2 & ":" & i + 5).Delete
   Next i

End Sub
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AWESOME Fluff. Mahalo!

Thanks iliace for your time. Appreciate both your help.
 
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Glad we could help & thanks for the feedback
 
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Nice one, Fluff!
As for my code, I realize I made one minor omission that is probably causing the issue. See in red below.
Rich (BB code): 
Sub Macro2()
    Const iMAX_ROW As Long = 1000
    
    Rows("1:1").Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
    Columns("C:C").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
    
    Dim iCutCells As Long
    Dim iDestCells As Long
    Dim iDeleteCellsStart As Long
    Dim iDeleteCellsEnd As Long
    
    Dim i As Long
    
    iCutCells = 5
    iDestCells = 2
    iDeleteCellsStart = 3
    iDeleteCellsEnd = 10
    
    For i = 0 To iMAX_ROW - 1
      Range("A" & iCutCells + i & ":B" & iCutCells + i).Cut Destination:=Range("F" & iDestCells + i)
      Rows(iDeleteCellsStart + i & ":" & iDeleteCellsEnd + i).Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Next i
End Sub

Academic at this point, but figured I'd post the correction for sake of completeness :)
 
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iliace said:
Nice one, Fluff!
As for my code, I realize I made one minor omission that is probably causing the issue. See in red below.
Rich (BB code): 
Sub Macro2()
    Const iMAX_ROW As Long = 1000
    
    Rows("1:1").Insert Shift:=xlDown, CopyOrigin:=xlFormatFromLeftOrAbove
    Columns("C:C").Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
    
    Dim iCutCells As Long
    Dim iDestCells As Long
    Dim iDeleteCellsStart As Long
    Dim iDeleteCellsEnd As Long
    
    Dim i As Long
    
    iCutCells = 5
    iDestCells = 2
    iDeleteCellsStart = 3
    iDeleteCellsEnd = 10
    
    For i = 0 To iMAX_ROW - 1
      Range("A" & iCutCells + i & ":B" & iCutCells + i).Cut Destination:=Range("F" & iDestCells + i)
      Rows(iDeleteCellsStart + i & ":" & iDeleteCellsEnd + i).Delete Shift:=xlUp
    Next i
End Sub

Academic at this point, but figured I'd post the correction for sake of completeness :)
Click to expand...


Works as well................thanks :rofl:
 
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