Loop through data and create formulas

[jwburritt]

Hello: I have the following data. I want col A to equal the value of the first cell to its right, but retain it in a formula. For example the successful result in A2 would be "=B2" not "1". The following code gets the value in col A but it's a value, not a formula. Thank you!

[TABLE="width: 256"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]A[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]B[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]C[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65, width: 64"]D[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]1[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]2[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: xl65"]3[/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"][/TD]
[TD="class: xl65"]3[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Sub temp()

    Dim i As Long
    For i = 2 To 4
    
        Cells(i, 1).Formula = Cells(i, 1).End(xlToRight).Value


    Next i


End Sub

 

[Joe4]

Are you really just trying to come up with a formula in column A to return the first value to the right?
If so, just use this formula in cell A2 and copy down.

=MATCH(TRUE,INDEX(B2:D2<>0,),0)

 

[jwburritt]

Thanks so much. Hadn't thought of that! But it's part of a much larger sheet. And depending on in which column the data sits, the formula as to change. Here's an example. The data in col B needs to be negative and put in col a in a formula. The rest are simple formulas.

[TABLE="width: 716"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]-1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

 

[DanteAmor]

Returning to your original macro. Try this

Sub temp()
  Dim i As Long
  For i = 2 To 4
    Cells(i, "A").Formula = "=" & Cells(i, 1).End(xlToRight).Address
  Next i
End Sub

 

[jwburritt]

Thanks, Dante. Works fine. But, it produces absolute cell references. I need relative because it's going to get thrown into a table with existing data. Possible? I've tried everything and can't make it work. Ugh.

 

[DanteAmor]

Thanks, Dante. Works fine. But, it produces absolute cell references. I need relative because it's going to get thrown into a table with existing data. Possible? I've tried everything and can't make it work. Ugh.

Try:

Sub temp()
  Dim i As Long
  For i = 2 To 4
    Cells(i, "A").Formula = "=" & Cells(i, 1).End(xlToRight)[COLOR=#0000ff].Address(0, 0)[/COLOR]
  Next i
End Sub

 

[jwburritt]

Thank you Dante!

 

[DanteAmor]

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

 

[jwburritt]

Hello again: I just discovered that the address of the cell reference above needs to also return a structured table address so when I dump the data into the table, the formulas match. In the target table, the formula address are in this form:

=[@[Header]]

They are replicated down in the format above because of the excel calculated column feature in tables. I'm willing to workaround by changing all the formulas in the target table to plain relative formula references -- which Dante's solution provides -- but just thought I'd see if there's vba code that can give a structured table address.

Thanks again!

 

[DanteAmor]

Hello again: I just discovered that the address of the cell reference above needs to also return a structured table address so when I dump the data into the table, the formulas match. In the target table, the formula address are in this form:

=[@[Header]]

They are replicated down in the format above because of the excel calculated column feature in tables. I'm willing to workaround by changing all the formulas in the target table to plain relative formula references -- which Dante's solution provides -- but just thought I'd see if there's vba code that can give a structured table address.

Thanks again!

I found this way, maybe it will help you.

Sub Macro1()
  Dim Obj As Object, t As String, i As Long, col As Long, n As String
  Application.AutoCorrect.AutoFillFormulasInLists = False
  For i = 2 To 4
[COLOR=#0000ff]    Set Obj = Range("A" & i).ListObject[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]    If Not Obj Is Nothing Then[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]      t = Obj.Name[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]      col = Cells(i, 1).End(xlToRight).Column[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]      n = ActiveSheet.ListObjects(t).ListColumns(col).Name[/COLOR]
[COLOR=#0000ff]      Cells(i, "A").Formula = "=" & t & "[[#This Row],[" & n & "]]"[/COLOR]
    Else
      Cells(i, "A").Formula = "=" & Cells(i, 1).End(xlToRight).Address(0, 0)
    End If
  Next
  Application.AutoCorrect.AutoFillFormulasInLists = True
End Sub