Hi all,
I have the below code working but it only returns exact matches. Is there a way to return the partial matches? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
For example, if I search for "123", I would want it to return both row 1 and 3.
Col A
123-456
234-987
123-789
I have the below code working but it only returns exact matches. Is there a way to return the partial matches? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
For example, if I search for "123", I would want it to return both row 1 and 3.
Col A
123-456
234-987
123-789
Code:
Sub SearchBox()
'PURPOSE: Filter Data on User-Determined Column & Text/Numerical value
'SOURCE: www.TheSpreadsheetGuru.com
Dim myButton As OptionButton
Dim SearchString As String
Dim ButtonName As String
Dim sht As Worksheet
Dim myField As Long
Dim DataRange As Range
Dim mySearch As Variant
'Load Sheet into A Variable
Set sht = ActiveSheet
'Unfilter Data (if necessary)
On Error Resume Next
sht.ShowAllData
On Error GoTo 0
'Filtered Data Range (include column heading cells)
Set DataRange = sht.Range("A3:E59") 'Cell Range
'Set DataRange = sht.ListObjects("Table1").Range 'Table
'Retrieve User's Search Input
' mySearch = sht.Shapes("Search").TextFrame.Characters.Text 'Control Form
mySearch = sht.OLEObjects("Search").Object.Text 'ActiveX Control
'mySearch = sht.Range("A1").Value 'Cell Input
'Determine if user is searching for number or text
If IsNumeric(mySearch) = True Then
SearchString = "=" & mySearch
Else
SearchString = "=*" & mySearch & "*"
End If
'Loop Through Option Buttons
For Each myButton In sht.OptionButtons
If myButton.Value = 1 Then
ButtonName = myButton.Text
Exit For
End If
Next myButton
'Determine Filter Field
On Error GoTo HeadingNotFound
myField = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(ButtonName, DataRange.Rows(1), 0)
On Error GoTo 0
'Filter Data
DataRange.AutoFilter _
Field:=myField, _
Criteria1:=SearchString, _
Operator:=xlAnd
'Clear Search Field
' sht.Shapes("Search").TextFrame.Characters.Text = "" 'Control Form
sht.OLEObjects("Search").Object.Text = "" 'ActiveX Control
'sht.Range("A1").Value = "" 'Cell Input
Exit Sub
'ERROR HANDLERS
HeadingNotFound:
MsgBox "The column heading [" & ButtonName & "] was not found in cells " & DataRange.Rows(1).Address & ". " & _
vbNewLine & "Please check for possible typos.", vbCritical, "Header Name Not Found!"
End Sub