VBA Syntax to Use Specific Cell Value in Worksheet 1 to Find & Replace in the other worksheets in the workbook

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Hi, I am hoping someone can help me out with this, I've been searching online but cant figure out how to do it.

I need some help with VBA syntax for a macro button to do the following:

Find all instances of the word "Main Contractor" across an array of 12 worksheets (MS001.......MS012) & Replace all instances with the text written in cell B4 in a separate Worksheet (Project Input).
 

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This little bit of code should work...
VBA Code: 
Sub bearwires()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
    ws.UsedRange.Replace What:="Main Contractor", Replacement:=Sheets("Project Input").Range("B4").Value, LookAt:=xlWhole
Next ws
End Sub
 
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Z51 said:
This little bit of code should work...
VBA Code: 
Sub bearwires()
Dim ws As Worksheet
For Each ws In ThisWorkbook.Worksheets
    ws.UsedRange.Replace What:="Main Contractor", Replacement:=Sheets("Project Input").Range("B4").Value, LookAt:=xlWhole
Next ws
End Sub
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Thanks for the response but it doesnt work for some reason.
Also, I have 15 worksheets in the workbook and I only want the find/replace to work on 12 of them.

The names of the worksheets are "MS001", "MS002", "MS003", "MS004", "MS005", "MS006", "MS007", "MS008", "MS009", "MS010", "MS011", "MS012"

Am I able to specify a worksheet array using this VBA code:

VBA Code: 
Sub bearwires()
sheetlist = Array("MS001","MS002", "MS003", "MS004", "MS005", "MS006", "MS007", "MS008", "MS009", "MS010", "MS011", "MS012")
For i = LBound(sheetlist) To UBound(sheetlist)
Worksheets(sheetlist(i)).Activate

Then perform the find/replace on each of these worksheets in the array only?

What VBA code would I need to include after this to find all instances of "Main Contractor" and replace with the text string value in Cell "B4" from the "Project Input" worksheet?

Thanks
 
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Ok, I have managed to get this to work by luck but the code looks horrendous and repetative.
Can someone help me out and reduce this code into something that looks nicer and more concise?

Thanks

VBA Code: 
Sub FindReplaceMainContractor()

Dim Findtext As String
Dim Replacetext As String

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS001").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS002").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS003").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS004").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS005").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS006").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS007").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS008").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS009").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS010").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS011").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

Findtext = "Main Contractor"
Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
Sheets("MS012").Select

Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, _
SearchOrder:=xlByRows, MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, _
ReplaceFormat:=False

End Sub
 
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How about:

VBA Code: 
Sub FindReplaceMainContractor()
'
    Dim i           As Long
    Dim Findtext    As String, Replacetext As String
    Dim sheetlist   As Variant
'
    Findtext = "Main Contractor"
    Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
    sheetlist = Array("MS001", "MS002", "MS003", "MS004", "MS005", "MS006", "MS007", "MS008", "MS009", "MS010", "MS011", "MS012")
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'
    For i = LBound(sheetlist) To UBound(sheetlist)
        Worksheets(sheetlist(i)).Activate
'
        Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
                MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
    Next
End Sub
 
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johnnyL said:
How about:

VBA Code: 
Sub FindReplaceMainContractor()
'
    Dim i           As Long
    Dim Findtext    As String, Replacetext As String
    Dim sheetlist   As Variant
'
    Findtext = "Main Contractor"
    Replacetext = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B4").Value
    sheetlist = Array("MS001", "MS002", "MS003", "MS004", "MS005", "MS006", "MS007", "MS008", "MS009", "MS010", "MS011", "MS012")
'
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
'
    For i = LBound(sheetlist) To UBound(sheetlist)
        Worksheets(sheetlist(i)).Activate
'
        Cells.Replace What:=Findtext, Replacement:=Replacetext, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
                MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
    Next
End Sub
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This works great, thanks Johnny 😀
 
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johnnyL said:
Glad we could help.
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Hi Johnny, how would I modify this VBA code to find & replace 2 placeholders?
I tried just adding an additonal line with the same syntax but it only finds & replaces 1 of the placeholders.

e.g

Find "Weekday-Noise" on Worksheet "RA" & Replace with "Project Input Tab, cell B36 value"

Then,

Find "Weekend-Noise" on Worksheet "RA" & Replace with "Project Input Tab, cell B37 value"


I would also like to reverse the action as well with a separate macro button which will revert back to the placeholders, Weekday-Noise & Weekend-Noise
 
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VBA Code: 
    Dim Findtext2   As String, Replacetext2 As String
    Dim Findtext3   As String, Replacetext3 As String
'
    Findtext2 = "Weekday-Noise"
    Replacetext2 = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B36").Value
'
    Findtext3 = "Weekend-Noise"
    Replacetext3 = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B37").Value
'
    Sheets("RA").Cells.Replace What:=Findtext2, Replacement:=Replacetext2, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
            MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
'
    Sheets("RA").Cells.Replace What:=Findtext3, Replacement:=Replacetext3, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
            MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
 
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johnnyL said:
VBA Code: 
    Dim Findtext2   As String, Replacetext2 As String
    Dim Findtext3   As String, Replacetext3 As String
'
    Findtext2 = "Weekday-Noise"
    Replacetext2 = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B36").Value
'
    Findtext3 = "Weekend-Noise"
    Replacetext3 = Sheets("Project Input Tab").Range("B37").Value
'
    Sheets("RA").Cells.Replace What:=Findtext2, Replacement:=Replacetext2, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
            MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
'
    Sheets("RA").Cells.Replace What:=Findtext3, Replacement:=Replacetext3, LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _
            MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False, ReplaceFormat:=False
Click to expand...
Thanks Johnny, works great :)
 
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