VBA Solution to Search Text and Return Desired Result

plk0507 · Dec 15, 2021

Hi,

First-time poster so I want to say thank you in advance for looking at my issue. Below is a sample from my worksheet that is actually hundreds of thousands of lines long.

I'm looking for a solution to search columns J, K, and L for the values in column Y (column y is actually 5-6 thousand lines long). And if it finds the value, return it to column M, separated by a comma.

I've been using the following formula: =TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, IF(COUNTIF(J2:L2, "*"&$Y$2:$Y$9&"*"), $Y$2:$Y$9, ""))

My issue with that formula is it also returns partial matches. For example, look at the result in M3. It returned W269 simply because it's a partial match to W2690. On a file with 900 thousand lines, that partial match could repeat itself a few thousand times, and manually fixing it can take days. My other issue is running that formula can take a couple of hours.

My question is, is there a VBA solution to searching this data that will return the desired result without the partial matches? Thank you for your help, I sincerely appreciate it.

Book1.xlsx

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

1

Aircraft Type

Tail Number

JCN

WCE ID

WUC

How Mal

Action Taken

When Discovered Code

Type Maint Code

Corrective Action

Discrepancy

WCE Narrative

Harness

RDI

Start Date

Stop Date

Labor

Base

Units Produced

How Mal Class

Block Number

Harness Number

2

F016D

8900002171

151550276

1

62000

799

X

F

B

VHF OPS CHK C/W

VHF AUDIO HARNESS W1654 PART NUMBER H16DW1654-504,W1644 PART NUMBER H16DW1644-514 AND W1844 PART NUMBER H16DW1844-300 REQUIRE REPLACEMENT.

W1644, W1654, W1844

42799.71

42799.75

2

KUNSAN

1

6

40

W1644

3

F016D

9000000783

203510534

0

63000

6

F

S

R

RECOUP HOURS FOR: SOLDER NEW WAFER ON TO WIRES TO REPAIR W1812-9154J424. PERFORM CONTINUITY CHECK TO ENSURE PROPER CONNECTIONSREF 1F-16CG-2-00GV-00-2

***ADD TIME REQ, REF OP#91438*** NSFE FOUND DURING INSTALL OF HARNESS 16DW2690-501 BROKEN PINS WERE FOUND ON W1812-9154J424 T.O./FIG:REF 1F-16CG-2-00GV-00-2

W269, W1812, W2690

44181

44.3

HILL AFB UT

1

42

W1654

4

F016D

9000000783

203490427

0

63000

6

F

S

R

SOLDER NEW WAFER ON TO WIRES TO REPAIR W1812-9154J424. PERFORM CONTINUITY CHECK TO ENSURE PROPER CONNECTIONSREF 1F-16CG-2-00GV-00-2

NSFE FOUND DURING INSTALL OF HARNESS 16DW2690-501 BROKEN PINS WERE FOUND ON W1812-9154J424 T.O./FIG:REF 1F-16CG-2-00GV-00-2

W269, W1812, W2690

44179

6

HILL AFB UT

1

42

W1844

5

F016D

8900002166

150567407

2

64000

799

X

D

SEE NEW JCN 161896706 FOR UPDATED JOB

COM 2 RADIO TRANSMITS SQUEAL/TONES WHEN MIC IS KEYED, IF VOLUME KNOB IS PAST 3:00 POSITION. VOLUME ANY LOWER AND COM 2 IS INAUDIABLE

JOB CREATED TO ORDER AND REPLACE VHF AUDIO HARNESS W1654 PART NUMBER H16DW1654-504,W1644 PART NUMBER H16DW1644-514 AND W1844 PART NUMBER H16DW1844-300.

W1644, W1654, W1844

42563.25

42563.29

2

KUNSAN

1

6

40

W269

6

F016D

8800000170

210889170

8

69B98

70

R

B

W2690-204-20 R2 IAW 1F-16CG-2-00GV-00-2 SECTION 14

PANEL 3434 & 3436 REMOVED TO FOM SEE JCN 210550032001

W2690-204-20 SHOOTS OPEN FROM RPS 2382P2/1 TO LVT 2382P12

W269, W2690

2382P12, 2382P2/1

44286.71

44286.73

1

EGLIN AFB FL

1

40

W1812

7

F016D

8800000170

210670228

14

69B98

308

R

B

FILL PORT HARNESS R2 IAW 1F-16CG-2-00GV-00-2 PARA 14.7

MIDS 006,012,029,031,035,056,074,075 MFL'S. TACAN WORKED FINE

H16DW2693P4/1 REMOVED FOR REPLACEMENT

W269, W2693

44279.79

44280.13

24

EGLIN AFB FL

1

40

W2690

8

F016D

8900002162

210630128

10

69B00

800

S

F

B

REINSTALLED CABLE H16DW2682-600 IAW (PARA 14.8 00GV-2)

GUN REQ REM FOR JAM

REMOVED CABLE H16DW2682-600 TO FOM

W268, W2682

44263.67

44263.71

2

HOLLOMAN

1

6

42

W268

9

F016D

9000000783

203510537

0

69000

800

S

R

RECOUP HOURS FOR: INSTALL WIRE HARNESS 16DW2690-501 IN GUN DRUM IAW 16D40730.DOCUMENT STEPS AND TIME OF EACH STEP ON ATTACHED 959

***ADD TIME REQ, REF OP#91427*** NSFE WIRE HARNESS 16DW2690-501 FOUND UNINSTALLED. T.O./FIG:IAW 16D40730

W269, W2690

44181

2.1

HILL AFB UT

1

6

42

W2682

10

F016D

9000000783

203490429

0

69000

800

S

R

INSTALL WIRE HARNESS 16DW2690-501 IN GUN DRUM IAW 16D40730.DOCUMENT STEPS AND TIME OF EACH STEP ON ATTACHED 959

NSFE WIRE HARNESS 16DW2690-501 FOUND UNINSTALLED. T.O./FIG:IAW 16D40730

W269, W2690

44179

4

HILL AFB UT

1

6

42

11

F016D

8900002167

200722167

3

69B00

20

R

F

B

R2 HARNESS IAW 1F-16CG-2-00GV-00-2 CHAPTER 14

238282 P1/4 SMASHED, REQUIRES REPLACEMENT

W2690-; 2382P3/3 & 2382P6 INNER WIRE EXPOSED REQUIRE REPLCMENT; 2382P2/1 MISSING GRNDING FSTNER AND 2382P3/3 WORN GRNDING FSTNER NUT REMAIN LOOSE AFTER TIGHTENING PN(H16DW2690-501)

W269, W2690

2382P3/3, 2382P2/1, 2382P6

43909.5

43909.83

24

TULSA

1

42

Sheet2

MoshiM · Dec 15, 2021

Here's another one. It may be faster depending on how large your data set is.

VBA Code:

Sub Harness_Search()

'=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, IF( COUNTIF(J2:L2, "*"&$Y$2:$Y$9&"*"), $Y$2:$Y$9, ""))
Dim input_data() As Variant, X As Long, Y As Long, output() As String, _
harness_numbers() As Variant, Z As Long, Harness_CLCTN As Collection, value() As String

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet

    input_data = .Range(.Range("J2"), .Range("L" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2
    harness_numbers = .Range(.Range("Y2"),  .Range("Y" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2
End With

Const delimiter As String = ", "

ReDim output(LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1), 1 To 1)

For X = LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1)

    Set Harness_CLCTN = New Collection
   
    With Harness_CLCTN
   
        For Y = LBound(input_data, 2) To UBound(input_data, 2)
       
            If Not input_data(X, Y) = Empty Then
           
                For Z = LBound(harness_numbers, 1) To UBound(harness_numbers, 1)
                    'patterns:
                    'code and any non-alphanumeric character + *
                    'code at the end of string
                    'code followed by a space and any number of characters
                    If Not harness_numbers(Z, 1) = Empty _
                    And (input_data(X, Y) Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1) & "[!A-Za-z0-9]*" _
                    Or input_data(X, Y) Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1)) Then
                       
                        On Error Resume Next
                        .Add harness_numbers(Z, 1), harness_numbers(Z, 1)
                   
                    End If
                   
                Next Z
               
            End If
        Next Y
       
        If .Count > 0 Then
            ReDim value(1 To .Count)
            For Z = 1 To .Count
                value(Z) = .Item(Z)
            Next Z
            output(X, 1) = Join(value, delimiter)
        End If
   
    End With
   
Next X

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet
    .Range(.Range("M2"), .Range("M" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2 = output
End With

End Sub

plk0507 · Dec 15, 2021

MoshiM said:

Here's another one. It may be faster depending on how large your data set is.

VBA Code:

Sub Harness_Search()

'=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, IF( COUNTIF(J2:L2, "*"&$Y$2:$Y$9&"*"), $Y$2:$Y$9, ""))
Dim input_data() As Variant, X As Long, Y As Long, output() As String, _
harness_numbers() As Variant, Z As Long, Harness_CLCTN As Collection, value() As String

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet

    input_data = .Range(.Range("J2"), .Range("L" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2
    harness_numbers = .Range(.Range("Y2"),  .Range("Y" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2
End With

Const delimiter As String = ", "

ReDim output(LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1), 1 To 1)

For X = LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1)

    Set Harness_CLCTN = New Collection
  
    With Harness_CLCTN
  
        For Y = LBound(input_data, 2) To UBound(input_data, 2)
      
            If Not input_data(X, Y) = Empty Then
          
                For Z = LBound(harness_numbers, 1) To UBound(harness_numbers, 1)
                    'patterns:
                    'code and any non-alphanumeric character + *
                    'code at the end of string
                    'code followed by a space and any number of characters
                    If Not harness_numbers(Z, 1) = Empty _
                    And (input_data(X, Y) Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1) & "[!A-Za-z0-9]*" _
                    Or input_data(X, Y) Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1)) Then
                      
                        On Error Resume Next
                        .Add harness_numbers(Z, 1), harness_numbers(Z, 1)
                  
                    End If
                  
                Next Z
              
            End If
        Next Y
      
        If .Count > 0 Then
            ReDim value(1 To .Count)
            For Z = 1 To .Count
                value(Z) = .Item(Z)
            Next Z
            output(X, 1) = Join(value, delimiter)
        End If
  
    End With
  
Next X

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet
    .Range(.Range("M2"), .Range("M" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2 = output
End With

End Sub

Wow. That appears to have worked. If you have time, would please break that down a little for me? If I understood it a little bit maybe I could adapt it. For example, what if I had another list of values in column Z, and still wanted to search J,K,L, but return in column N? Thank you so much!

plk0507 · Dec 15, 2021

MoshiM said:

Here's another one. It may be faster depending on how large your data set is.

VBA Code:

Sub Harness_Search()

'=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, IF( COUNTIF(J2:L2, "*"&$Y$2:$Y$9&"*"), $Y$2:$Y$9, ""))
Dim input_data() As Variant, X As Long, Y As Long, output() As String, _
harness_numbers() As Variant, Z As Long, Harness_CLCTN As Collection, value() As String

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet

    input_data = .Range(.Range("J2"), .Range("L" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2
    harness_numbers = .Range(.Range("Y2"),  .Range("Y" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2
End With

Const delimiter As String = ", "

ReDim output(LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1), 1 To 1)

For X = LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1)

    Set Harness_CLCTN = New Collection
  
    With Harness_CLCTN
  
        For Y = LBound(input_data, 2) To UBound(input_data, 2)
      
            If Not input_data(X, Y) = Empty Then
          
                For Z = LBound(harness_numbers, 1) To UBound(harness_numbers, 1)
                    'patterns:
                    'code and any non-alphanumeric character + *
                    'code at the end of string
                    'code followed by a space and any number of characters
                    If Not harness_numbers(Z, 1) = Empty _
                    And (input_data(X, Y) Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1) & "[!A-Za-z0-9]*" _
                    Or input_data(X, Y) Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1)) Then
                      
                        On Error Resume Next
                        .Add harness_numbers(Z, 1), harness_numbers(Z, 1)
                  
                    End If
                  
                Next Z
              
            End If
        Next Y
      
        If .Count > 0 Then
            ReDim value(1 To .Count)
            For Z = 1 To .Count
                value(Z) = .Item(Z)
            Next Z
            output(X, 1) = Join(value, delimiter)
        End If
  
    End With
  
Next X

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet
    .Range(.Range("M2"), .Range("M" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2 = output
End With

End Sub

Also, when I tried it on my 100,000 line file, it immediately locked up. I let it spin for about 20 mins.

Akuini · Dec 15, 2021

@plk0507
Here's another option:
There are 2 steps:
1. Sort col Y by text length.

VBA Code:

Sub sortByLength()

va = Range("y2", Cells(Rows.Count, "y").End(xlUp))
n = UBound(va, 1)
ReDim vb(1 To n, 1 To 1)

For i = 1 To n

vb(i, 1) = Len(va(i, 1))
Next

Range("z2").Resize(n, 1) = vb
With Range("y2").Resize(n, 2)
    .Sort Key1:=.Cells(1, 2), Order1:=xlDescending, Header:=xlNo
End With

End Sub

So it would look like this:

Book1

Y

Z

1

Harness Number

2

W1644

5

3

W1654

5

4

W1844

5

W1812

5

6

W2690

5

7

W2682

5

8

W269

4

9

W268

4

Sheet2

This step is necessary to deal with the partial search problem.

2. Use Instr & Replace function

VBA Code:

Sub plk0507()
Dim i As Long, j As Long, n As Long, p As Long
Dim tx As String
Dim va, vb, vc, x
t = Timer
n = Range("J" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
va = Range("J2:L" & n)
n = UBound(va, 1)
ReDim vc(1 To n, 1 To 1)
vb = Range("y2", Cells(Rows.Count, "y").End(xlUp))

For i = 1 To n
    tx = ""
    For j = 1 To 3
        tx = tx & "|" & va(i, j)
        
    Next
    p = Len(tx)
    For Each x In vb
        If InStr(tx, x) Then
            tx = Replace(tx, x, "")
            If Len(tx) <> p Then
                vc(i, 1) = vc(i, 1) & "," & x
                p = Len(tx)
            End If
        End If
    Next
    vc(i, 1) = Mid(vc(i, 1), 2, 10000)


Next

Range("M2").Resize(n, 1) = vc
Debug.Print "It's done in:  " & Timer - t & " seconds"
End Sub

Book1

M

1

Harness

2

W1644,W1654,W1844

3

W1812,W2690

4

W1812,W2690

5

W1644,W1654,W1844

6

W2690

7

W269

8

W2682

9

W2690

10

W2690

11

W2690

Sheet2

But because your data is so large, 3 column with 900K rows , and 6K Harness Number then we need in multiple parts, probably per 10K rows.
Please try it on 10K rows first, in the immediate window see how long it take to finish. If it works I'll amend the code to do it in multiple parts.

MoshiM · Dec 15, 2021

This code assumes that you will always want to query columns J through L. You can add Source Columns for codes and their destination range by adding lines similar to "Comparison_CLCTN.Add Array("Y", "M") " near the top where the rest of them are specified.

I've added a DoEvents condition so you can retain some usage while the script is running. Lower the number at the end of the loop if it interferes with what you want to do.

VBA Code:

Sub Harness_Search()

'=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, IF( COUNTIF(J2:L2, "*"&$Y$2:$Y$9&"*"), $Y$2:$Y$9, ""))
Dim input_data() As Variant, X As Long, Y As Long, output() As String, ITR As Variant, T As Long, _
harness_numbers() As Variant, Z As Long, value() As String, Comparison_CLCTN As New Collection, Query As Collection

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet

    input_data = .Range(.Range("J2"), .Range("L" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2 'Data from columns J through L
 
    ReDim output(LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1), 1 To 1)
 
    Comparison_CLCTN.Add Array("Y", "M") 'Source of codes followed by output column
    Comparison_CLCTN.Add Array("Z", "N") 'Source of codes followed by output column
 
    For Z = Comparison_CLCTN.Count To 1 Step -1
 
        ITR = Comparison_CLCTN(Z)
     
        Set Query = New Collection
     
        Query.Add .Range(ITR(0) & "2", ITR(0) & .UsedRange.Rows.Count).Value2, "CODES"
        Query.Add .Range(ITR(1) & "2", ITR(1) & .UsedRange.Rows.Count), "DESTINATION RANGE"
        Query.Add output, "OUTPUT"
        Query.Add New Collection, "STORAGE"
     
        Comparison_CLCTN.Remove Z
        Comparison_CLCTN.Add Query
     
    Next Z
 
End With

Const delimiter As String = ", "

For X = LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1) 'Loop each ROW of columns J through L

    For Y = LBound(input_data, 2) To UBound(input_data, 2) 'Loop each COLUMN from J to L
 
        If Not input_data(X, Y) = Empty Then
     
            With Comparison_CLCTN
         
                For T = 1 To .Count
             
                    With .Item(T) 'With given values of (codes and destination ranges search columns J-L
                     
                        harness_numbers = .Item("CODES")
                     
                        For Z = LBound(harness_numbers, 1) To UBound(harness_numbers, 1) 'Loop though each Harness Number from column Y
                            'patterns:
                            'code and any non-alphanumeric character + *
                            'code at the end of string
                            'code followed by a space and any number of characters
                         
                            If Not harness_numbers(Z, 1) = Empty _
                            And (input_data(X, Y) Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1) & "[!A-Za-z0-9]*" _
                                Or input_data(X, Y) Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1)) Then
                             
                                On Error Resume Next
                             
                                .Item("STORAGE").Add harness_numbers(Z, 1), harness_numbers(Z, 1)
                             
                                On Error GoTo 0
                             
                            End If
                         
                        Next Z
                     
                    End With
                 
                Next T
             
            End With
         
        End If
     
    Next Y
 
    With Comparison_CLCTN   'Loop through combination of source and destination
        For T = 1 To .Count
            Set Query = .Item(T)
            With Query
 
                output = .Item("OUTPUT")
             
                With .Item("STORAGE")
                    If .Count > 0 Then
                        ReDim value(1 To .Count)
                        For Z = .Count To 1 Step -1
                            value(Z) = .Item(Z)
                            .Remove Z
                        Next Z
                        output(X, 1) = Join(value, delimiter)
                        
                        Query.Remove "OUTPUT"
                        Query.Add output, "OUTPUT"
                    End If
                End With
                    
            End With
        Next T
    End With
 
    If X Mod 3000 = 0 Then DoEvents
 
Next X

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet
    For Each ITR In Comparison_CLCTN
        ITR("DESTINATION RANGE").Value2 = ITR("OUTPUT")
    Next ITR
End With

msgbox "Search completed."
End Sub

MoshiM · Dec 15, 2021

MoshiM said:
This code assumes that you will always want to query columns J through L. You can add Source Columns for codes and their destination range by adding lines similar to "Comparison_CLCTN.Add Array("Y", "M") " near the top where the rest of them are specified.

I've added a DoEvents condition so you can retain some usage while the script is running. Lower the number at the end of the loop if it interferes with what you want to do.

Something that Akuni wrote reduced the Big O so I added it

VBA Code:

Sub Harness_Search()

'=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, IF( COUNTIF(J2:L2, "*"&$Y$2:$Y$9&"*"), $Y$2:$Y$9, ""))
Dim input_data() As Variant, X As Long, Y As Long, output() As String, ITR As Variant, T As Long, _
harness_numbers() As Variant, Z As Long, value() As String, Comparison_CLCTN As New Collection, Query As Collection, row_str As String

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet

    input_data = .Range(.Range("J2"), .Range("L" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count)).Value2 'Data from columns J through L
   
    ReDim output(LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1), 1 To 1)
   
    Comparison_CLCTN.Add Array("Y", "M") 'Source of codes followed by output column
    Comparison_CLCTN.Add Array("Z", "N") 'Source of codes followed by output column
   
    For Z = Comparison_CLCTN.Count To 1 Step -1
   
        ITR = Comparison_CLCTN(Z)
       
        Set Query = New Collection

        Query.Add .Range(ITR(0) & "2", ITR(0) & .UsedRange.Rows.Count).Value2, "CODES"
        Query.Add .Range(ITR(1) & "2", ITR(1) & .UsedRange.Rows.Count), "DESTINATION RANGE"
        Query.Add output, "OUTPUT"
        Query.Add New Collection, "STORAGE"
       
        Comparison_CLCTN.Remove Z
        Comparison_CLCTN.Add Query
       
    Next Z
   
End With

Const delimiter As String = ", "

With Comparison_CLCTN

    For X = LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1) 'Loop each ROW of columns J through L
   
        row_str = vbNullString
        For Y = LBound(input_data, 2) To UBound(input_data, 2) 'Loop each COLUMN from J to L
            row_str = row_str & "|" And input_data(X, Y)
        Next Y
       
        If Not row_str = vbNullString Then
       
            For T = 1 To .Count
           
                With .Item(T) 'With given values of (codes and destination ranges search columns J-L
                   
                    harness_numbers = .Item("CODES")
                   
                    For Z = LBound(harness_numbers, 1) To UBound(harness_numbers, 1) 'Loop though each Harness Number from column Y
                        'patterns:
                        'code and any non-alphanumeric character + *
                        'code at the end of string
                        'code followed by a space and any number of characters
                       
                        If Not harness_numbers(Z, 1) = Empty _
                        And (row_str Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1) & "[!A-Za-z0-9]*" _
                            Or row_str Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1)) Then
                           
                            On Error Resume Next
                           
                            .Item("STORAGE").Add harness_numbers(Z, 1), harness_numbers(Z, 1)
                           
                            On Error GoTo 0
                           
                        End If
                       
                    Next Z
                   
                End With
               
            Next T
               
        End If
   
        For T = 1 To .Count 'Loop through combination of source and destination
            Set Query = .Item(T)
            With Query
   
                output = .Item("OUTPUT")
               
                With .Item("STORAGE")
                    If .Count > 0 Then
                        ReDim value(1 To .Count)
                        For Z = .Count To 1 Step -1
                            value(Z) = .Item(Z)
                            .Remove Z
                        Next Z
                        output(X, 1) = Join(value, delimiter)
                       
                        Query.Remove "OUTPUT"
                        Query.Add output, "OUTPUT"
                    End If
                End With
                      
            End With
        Next T

        If X Mod 5000 = 0 Then DoEvents
       
    Next X

End With

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet
    For Each ITR In Comparison_CLCTN
        ITR("DESTINATION RANGE").Value2 = ITR("OUTPUT")
    Next ITR
End With

MsgBox "Search Completed."

End Sub

MoshiM · Dec 15, 2021

Also swap out the lines where "CODES" and "DESTINATION RANGE" are added to the collection near the top with:

VBA Code:

        Query.Add .Range(ITR(0) & "2", .Cells(.Rows.Count, ITR(0)).End(xlUp)).Value2, "CODES"
        Query.Add .Range(ITR(1) & "2", .Cells(.Rows.Count, ITR(1)).End(xlUp)), "DESTINATION RANGE"

MoshiM · Dec 15, 2021

MoshiM said:
Also swap out the lines where "CODES" and "DESTINATION RANGE" are added to the collection near the top with:

VBA Code:

Query.Add .Range(ITR(0) & "2", .Cells(.Rows.Count, ITR(0)).End(xlUp)).Value2, "CODES" Query.Add .Range(ITR(1) & "2", .Cells(.Rows.Count, ITR(1)).End(xlUp)), "DESTINATION RANGE"

disregard the second addition

MoshiM · Dec 15, 2021

My apologies for spamming. I just keep finding better ways to write the code.

VBA Code:

Sub Harness_Search()

'=TEXTJOIN(", ", TRUE, IF( COUNTIF(J2:L2, "*"&$Y$2:$Y$9&"*"), $Y$2:$Y$9, ""))
Dim input_data() As Variant, X As Long, Y As Long, output() As String, ITR As Variant, T As Long, _
harness_numbers() As Variant, Z As Long, value() As String, Comparison_CLCTN As New Collection, Query As Collection, row_str As String

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet

    input_data = .Range("J2", "L" & .UsedRange.Rows.Count).Value2 'Data from columns J through L
    
    ReDim output(LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1), 1 To 1)
    
    Comparison_CLCTN.Add Array("Y", "M") 'Source of codes followed by output column
    Comparison_CLCTN.Add Array("Z", "N") 'Source of codes followed by output column
    
    For Z = Comparison_CLCTN.Count To 1 Step -1
    
        ITR = Comparison_CLCTN(Z)
        
        Set Query = New Collection
         
        Query.Add .Range(ITR(0) & "2", .Cells(.Rows.Count, ITR(0)).End(xlUp)).Value2, "CODES"
        Query.Add .Range(ITR(1) & "2", ITR(1) & .UsedRange.Rows.Count), "DESTINATION RANGE"
        
        Query.Add output, "OUTPUT"

        Comparison_CLCTN.Remove Z
        Comparison_CLCTN.Add Query
        
    Next Z
    
End With

Const delimiter As String = ", "

With Comparison_CLCTN

    For X = LBound(input_data, 1) To UBound(input_data, 1) 'Loop each ROW of columns J through L
    
        row_str = vbNullString
        
        For Y = LBound(input_data, 2) To UBound(input_data, 2) 'Loop each COLUMN from J to L and generate a string to be searched
            row_str = row_str & "|" & input_data(X, Y)
        Next Y
        
        If Not row_str = vbNullString Then
        
            For T = 1 To .Count 'Loop Comparison_CLCTN
            
                With .Item(T) 'With given values of (codes,destination ranges,etc)
                    
                    harness_numbers = .Item("CODES")
                    output = .Item("OUTPUT")
                    
                    For Z = LBound(harness_numbers, 1) To UBound(harness_numbers, 1) 'Loop though each Harness Number from column Y
                        'patterns:
                        'Any string + code + any non-alphanumeric character + Any string(includes empty string)
                        'Any string + code
                        
                        If Not harness_numbers(Z, 1) = Empty _
                        And (row_str Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1) & "[!A-Za-z0-9]*" _
                            Or row_str Like "*" & harness_numbers(Z, 1)) Then
                            
                            output(X, 1) = output(X, 1) & IIf(output(X, 1) = Empty, vbNullString, delimiter) & harness_numbers(Z, 1)

                        End If
                        
                    Next Z
                    
                    If Not output(X, 1) = Empty Then 'If pattern matches were found
                        .Remove "OUTPUT"
                        .Add output, "OUTPUT"
                    End If
                    
                End With
                
            Next T
                
        End If
        
        If X Mod 3000 = 0 Then DoEvents 'Allow user interaction with Excel every 3000 loops
        
    Next X

End With

With ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet
    For Each ITR In Comparison_CLCTN
        ITR("DESTINATION RANGE").Value2 = ITR("OUTPUT")
    Next ITR
End With

MsgBox "Search Completed."

End Sub

plk0507 · Dec 16, 2021

I appreciate it! I'm back at it this morning and I'll let you know how it goes! Thank you!!!

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