Macro to cut the last character from a cell?

[smreinholtz]

I looked around and cannot find a macro to cut the last character from a cell and put it into the next cell over. I would just use the text to column function but there are no common deliminators or text length.

For example:

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: left"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]9000600B[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8475A[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]900655888A[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]741548C[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]300B[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]









Becomes:

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 300, align: left"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]9000600[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8475[/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]900655888[/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]741548[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]300[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]









Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Michael M]

Use

Excel 2007
	A	B
1	9000600B	B
2	8475A	A
3	900655888A	A
4	741548C	C
5	300B	B
Sheet1

Cell Formulas
Range	Formula
B1	=RIGHT(A1,1)
B2	=RIGHT(A2,1)
B3	=RIGHT(A3,1)
B4	=RIGHT(A4,1)
B5	=RIGHT(A5,1)

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Use


Excel 2007

	A	B
9000600B	B
8475A	A
900655888A	A
741548C	C
300B	B

<colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><thead>
</thead><tbody>
[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]

[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]

</tbody>

Sheet1​

[TABLE="width: 85%"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD]Worksheet Formulas[TABLE="width: 100%"]
<thead>[TR="bgcolor: #E0E0F0"]
[TH="width: 10"]Cell[/TH]
[TH="align: left"]Formula[/TH]
[/TR]
</thead><tbody>[TR]
[TH="width: 10, bgcolor: #E0E0F0"]B1[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=RIGHT(A1,1)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="width: 10, bgcolor: #E0E0F0"]B2[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=RIGHT(A2,1)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="width: 10, bgcolor: #E0E0F0"]B3[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=RIGHT(A3,1)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="width: 10, bgcolor: #E0E0F0"]B4[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=RIGHT(A4,1)[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TH="width: 10, bgcolor: #E0E0F0"]B5[/TH]
[TD="align: left"]=RIGHT(A5,1)[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]
[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

You need to read the output table the OP posted more carefully... no letters in Column A afterwards.

 

[smreinholtz]

Yes I would like to remove the letter from column A but that's half my problem fixed

 

[Rick Rothstein]

Perfect thanks!

What about Column A... you show that with the last character removed... don't you want that anymore?

Assuming you actually meant what you asked for originally, then give this macro a try...

Sub MoveLastLetterOverOneColumn()
   With Range("A1", Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp))
     .Offset(, 1).Value = Evaluate("IF(LEN(" & .Address & "),RIGHT(" & .Address & "),"""")")
     .Value = Evaluate("IF(LEN(" & .Address & "),LEFT(" & .Address & ",LEN(" & .Address & ")-1),"""")")
   End With
 End Sub

HOW TO INSTALL MACROs
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If you are new to macros, they are easy to install and use. To install it, simply press ALT+F11 to go into the VB editor and, once there, click Insert/Module on its menu bar, then copy/paste the above code into the code window that just opened up. That's it.... you are done. To use the macro, go back to the worksheet with your data on it and press ALT+F8, select the macro name (MoveLastLetterOverOneColumn) from the list that appears and click the Run button. The macro will execute and perform the action(s) you asked for. If you will need to do this again in this same workbook, and if you are using XL2007 or above, make sure you save your file as an "Excel Macro-Enabled Workbook (*.xlsm) and answer the "do you want to enable macros" question as "yes" or "OK" (depending on the button label for your version of Excel) the next time you open your workbook.

 

[smreinholtz]

I got too excited haha forgot I needed to remove the letter

 

[smreinholtz]

What about Column A... you show that with the last character removed... don't you want that anymore?

Assuming you actually meant what you asked for originally, then give this macro a try...

Sub MoveLastLetterOverOneColumn()
   With Range("A1", Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp))
     .Offset(, 1).Value = Evaluate("IF(LEN(" & .Address & "),RIGHT(" & .Address & "),"""")")
     .Value = Evaluate("IF(LEN(" & .Address & "),LEFT(" & .Address & ",LEN(" & .Address & ")-1),"""")")
   End With
 End Sub

This macro works perfectly. Thank you for the help!