Help on Simple VBA Code

[Learn&Prosper]

Hi

I am very much a novice on excel VBA code but have joined this forum so that I can improve my skills. I want to write a code that does down a column (lets say column A) and if it finds a cell that contains data in that column (text or number) then it copies that data to the cell in an adjacent column (lets say column F) but only if that cell is empty. If however the cell in column F is populated it goes back to column A and continues to the next cell, etc. Please help. Thanks.

 

[circledchicken]

Hi and welcome,

Perhaps try something like:

Sub example()

Dim c As Range

For Each c In Range("A1:A20")
    If IsEmpty(c.Offset(0, 5)) Then
        c.Offset(0, 5).Value = c.Value
    End If
Next c

End Sub

 

[Momentman]

Not an expert but try the following

Sub testworksht()
'Declare some variables to be used
Dim I As Integer
Dim wks As Worksheet
Set wks = Worksheets("Sheet1") 'Use the sheet name where your data is
' columns A and F can be replaced with your own columns

For I = 1 To 25 'Replace 25 with whatever your last row is
If Cells(I, "A").Value <> "" And Cells(I, "F").Value = "" Then
Cells(I, "F").Value = Cells(I, "A").Value
End If
Next I

End Sub

 

[hiker95]

Learn&Prosper,


Welcome to the MrExcel forum.


Sample raw data:

Excel Workbook
	A	F
1	A1
2	2
3
4	4	not empty
5	5
6	A6
7
8	A8
9	9
10	A10
11	11	not empty
12	12
13	13
14	4teen	not empty
15	15
16
Sheet1

After the macro:

Excel Workbook
	A	F
1	A1	A1
2	2	2
3
4	4	not empty
5	5	5
6	A6	A6
7
8	A8	A8
9	9	9
10	A10	A10
11	11	not empty
12	12	12
13	13	13
14	4teen	not empty
15	15	15
16
Sheet1

Please TEST this FIRST in a COPY of your workbook (always make a backup copy before trying new code, you never know what you might lose).

1. Copy the below code, by highlighting the code and pressing the keys CTRL + C
2. Open your workbook
3. Press the keys ALT + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor
4. Press the keys ALT + I to activate the Insert menu
5. Press M to insert a Standard Module
6. Where the cursor is flashing, paste the code by pressing the keys CTRL + V
7. Press the keys ALT + Q to exit the Editor, and return to Excel
8. To run the macro from Excel, open the workbook, and press ALT + F8 to display the Run Macro Dialog. Double Click the macro's name to Run it.

Option Explicit
Sub SampleVBACode()
' hiker95, 01/13/2012
' http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=605351
Dim c As Range
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each c In Range("A1", Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
  If c <> "" Then
    If IsEmpty(c.Offset(0, 5)) Then
      c.Offset(0, 5).Value = c.Value
    End If
  End If
Next c
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

Before you use the macro with Excel 2007 or newer, save your workbook, Save As, a macro enabled workbook with the file extension .xlsm


Then run the SampleVBACode macro.

 

[hiker95]

Learn&Prosper,

I am very much a novice on excel VBA code but have joined this forum so that I can improve my skills.

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[Learn&Prosper]

Thank you very much. How simple it can be when you know how.
Much appreciated!!

 

[Peter_SSs]

If the destination column (F in your example) does not contain formulas that need to be retained, then you can also do the whole range at once, rather than cycling through each row and checking.

Sub Fill_Data()
    Dim Blnks As Range
    Dim oSet As Long
    
    Const Col1 As String = "A"  '<- Original data column
    Const Col2 As String = "F"  '<- Destination column
    Const frmla As String = "=IF(RC[#]="""","""",RC[#])"
    
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    oSet = Columns(Col1).Column - Columns(Col2).Column
    With Range(Col2 & 1).Resize(Cells(Rows.Count, Col1).End(xlUp).Row)
        On Error Resume Next
        .SpecialCells(xlBlanks).FormulaR1C1 _
            = Replace(frmla, "#", oSet, 1, -1, 1)
        On Error GoTo 0
        .Value = .Value
    End With
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub