VBA to loop through worksheet and cut/paste cells after every blank row

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Hi all,

I won't get into the reasons why, because I know people are going to try to solve for a different problem, but I have a data set that has blank rows, and the next row needs to be cut and appended to another column in the previous non-blank row.

Below is an sample data set:

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]B[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]C[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]D[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]E[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]12345[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[TD]Green Car[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]12345[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[TD]Red[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Truck[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]23456[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[TD]Blue[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]6[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]7[/TD]
[TD]Airplane[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]8[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]9[/TD]
[TD]34567[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[TD]Yellow Bike[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]10[/TD]
[TD]34567[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[TD]Purple Taxi[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


I basically need the contents from A4 to be appended to D2 and the content from B4 to go into E2

I would then like to delete rows 3 and 4 and then continue doing the same thing for the rest of the data set. Output below:

[TABLE="class: grid, width: 500"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD="align: center"]A[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]B[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]C[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]D[/TD]
[TD="align: center"]E[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]12345[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[TD]Green Car[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]12345[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[TD]Red Truck[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]23456[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[TD]Blue Airplane[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]34567[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[TD]Yellow Bike[/TD]
[TD]Yes[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]5[/TD]
[TD]34567[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[TD]Purple Taxi[/TD]
[TD]No[/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


This sounds really complicated, but was hoping the experts here can help!

Thank you in advance!
 

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Try this:-
Code: 
[COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR] MG12Apr39
[COLOR="Navy"]Dim[/COLOR] Rng [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] Range, Dn [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] Range, Temp [COLOR="Navy"]As[/COLOR] Range
[COLOR="Navy"]Set[/COLOR] Rng = Range(Range("A1"), Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
[COLOR="Navy"]For[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Each[/COLOR] Dn [COLOR="Navy"]In[/COLOR] Rng
    [COLOR="Navy"]If[/COLOR] Not Temp [COLOR="Navy"]Is[/COLOR] Nothing And Not IsEmpty(Dn.Value) And Not IsNumeric(Dn.Value) [COLOR="Navy"]Then[/COLOR]
        Temp.Offset(, 3) = Temp.Offset(, 3) & " " & Dn.Value
        Temp.Offset(, 4) = Dn.Offset(, 1).Value
        Dn.Value = ""
    [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] If
    [COLOR="Navy"]If[/COLOR] IsNumeric(Dn.Value) And Not IsEmpty(Dn.Value) [COLOR="Navy"]Then[/COLOR]
        [COLOR="Navy"]Set[/COLOR] Temp = Dn
    [COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] If
[COLOR="Navy"]Next[/COLOR] Dn
Rng.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks).EntireRow.Delete
[COLOR="Navy"]End[/COLOR] [COLOR="Navy"]Sub[/COLOR]
Regards Mick
 
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I know that MickG gave you perfectly working code, but as I finished alternative one, I will paste it anyway.
P.S. I also know it is overkill for this request...

In standard module paste this code:
Code: 
Option Explicit

Sub FixTable()

Dim myColl As New Collection
Dim myItem As cls_FixTable
Dim myArr() As Variant
Dim LR As Long
Dim LC As Long
Dim l_Row As Long
Dim l_Count As Long

LR = Cells.Find("*", SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, SearchOrder:=xlByRows).Row
LC = Cells.Find("*", SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns).Column

myArr = Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(LR, LC))

For l_Row = 1 To LR
    If myArr(l_Row, 1) = Empty Then
    ElseIf IsNumeric(myArr(l_Row, 1)) Then
        Set myItem = New cls_FixTable
        With myItem
            .A = myArr(l_Row, 1)
            .B = myArr(l_Row, 2)
            .C = myArr(l_Row, 3)
            .D = myArr(l_Row, 4)
            .E = myArr(l_Row, 5)
            
            myColl.Add myItem
        End With
    ElseIf Not myItem Is Nothing Then
        With myItem
            .D = .D & " " & myArr(l_Row, 1)
            .E = myArr(l_Row, 2)
        End With
    End If
Next l_Row

Set myItem = Nothing
l_Count = 0

ReDim myArr(1 To myColl.Count, 1 To 5)

For Each myItem In myColl
    l_Count = l_Count + 1
    
    With myItem
        myArr(l_Count, 1) = .A
        myArr(l_Count, 2) = .B
        myArr(l_Count, 3) = .C
        myArr(l_Count, 4) = .D
        myArr(l_Count, 5) = .E
    End With
Next myItem

Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(LR, LC)).Clear
Range(Cells(1, 1), Cells(l_Count, LC)) = myArr
End Sub

then create class module, name it "cls_FixTable" and paste below code
Code: 
Option Explicit

Private pA As Long
Private pB As Integer
Private pC As String
Private pD As String
Private pE As String

Public Property Let A(ByVal myValue As Long)
    pA = myValue
End Property
Public Property Get A() As Long
    A = pA
End Property

Public Property Let B(ByVal myValue As Integer)
    pB = myValue
End Property
Public Property Get B() As Integer
    B = pB
End Property

Public Property Let C(ByVal myValue As String)
    pC = myValue
End Property
Public Property Get C() As String
    C = pC
End Property

Public Property Let D(ByVal myValue As String)
    pD = myValue
End Property
Public Property Get D() As String
    D = pD
End Property

Public Property Let E(ByVal myValue As String)
    pE = myValue
End Property
Public Property Get E() As String
    E = pE
End Property
 
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Thank you SO much for this solution MickG!!! It works awesome! However, it's not deleting the row that it copied from. Column A is actually formatted as text (and needs to be, to avoid losing leading zeroes). Does it have to do with the fact that column A is a text formatted field? Are you able to provide some guidance on what I would need to change in your above code to ensure that the row that was copied and pasted above is deleted? In my Example, A4 would be the row that isn't deleted.

Here is a link to the actual file that I'm using: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1389-TghKWlgaXVtQFygJztnvzeBZal1D

Column A data is being appended to column P, and columns B, C, D, E, F, G and H are copied/pasted to each respective column after P (I was surprisingly able to tweak your code to achieve this).

Thank you SO MUCH again!!!
 
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I appreciate you working on a solution skorpionkz! Thank you so much! I decided to go with MickG's solution because it was a little easier for me to understand/follow (because I'm by no means a good VBA coder) :)

Thanks again!!!!
 
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Thank you SO much for this solution MickG!!! It works awesome! However, it's not deleting the row that it copied from. Column A is actually formatted as text (and needs to be, to avoid losing leading zeroes). Does it have to do with the fact that column A is a text formatted field? Are you able to provide some guidance on what I would need to change in your above code to ensure that the row that was copied and pasted above is deleted? In my Example, A4 would be the row that isn't deleted.

Here is a link to the actual file that I'm using: https://drive.google.com/open?id=138...gJztnvzeBZal1D

Column A data is being appended to column P, and columns B, C, D, E, F, G and H are copied/pasted to each respective column after P (I was surprisingly able to tweak your code to achieve this).

Thank you SO MUCH again!!!

MickG said:
Try this:-
Code: 
[COLOR=navy]Sub[/COLOR] MG12Apr39
[COLOR=navy]Dim[/COLOR] Rng [COLOR=navy]As[/COLOR] Range, Dn [COLOR=navy]As[/COLOR] Range, Temp [COLOR=navy]As[/COLOR] Range
[COLOR=navy]Set[/COLOR] Rng = Range(Range("A1"), Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp))
[COLOR=navy]For[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Each[/COLOR] Dn [COLOR=navy]In[/COLOR] Rng
    [COLOR=navy]If[/COLOR] Not Temp [COLOR=navy]Is[/COLOR] Nothing And Not IsEmpty(Dn.Value) And Not IsNumeric(Dn.Value) [COLOR=navy]Then[/COLOR]
        Temp.Offset(, 3) = Temp.Offset(, 3) & " " & Dn.Value
        Temp.Offset(, 4) = Dn.Offset(, 1).Value
        Dn.Value = ""
    [COLOR=navy]End[/COLOR] If
    [COLOR=navy]If[/COLOR] IsNumeric(Dn.Value) And Not IsEmpty(Dn.Value) [COLOR=navy]Then[/COLOR]
        [COLOR=navy]Set[/COLOR] Temp = Dn
    [COLOR=navy]End[/COLOR] If
[COLOR=navy]Next[/COLOR] Dn
Rng.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks).EntireRow.Delete
[COLOR=navy]End[/COLOR] [COLOR=navy]Sub[/COLOR]
Regards Mick
Click to expand...
 
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For the basic code to delete rows as required, try changing the code as below.

Change This:-
Code: 
Temp.Offset(, 3) = Temp.Offset(, 3) & " " & Dn.Value
        Temp.Offset(, 4) = Dn.Offset(, 1).Value
       [B][COLOR=#FF0000] Dn.Value = ""[/COLOR][/B]

To this:-
Code: 
Temp.Offset(, 3) = Temp.Offset(, 3) & " " & Dn.Value
        Temp.Offset(, 4) = Dn.Offset(, 1).Value
           [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Dn.ClearContents[/COLOR][/B]
 
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You're a superstar MickG!! That did the trick! Thanks again!

MickG said:
For the basic code to delete rows as required, try changing the code as below.

Change This:-
Code: 
Temp.Offset(, 3) = Temp.Offset(, 3) & " " & Dn.Value
        Temp.Offset(, 4) = Dn.Offset(, 1).Value
       [B][COLOR=#ff0000] Dn.Value = ""[/COLOR][/B]

To this:-
Code: 
Temp.Offset(, 3) = Temp.Offset(, 3) & " " & Dn.Value
        Temp.Offset(, 4) = Dn.Offset(, 1).Value
           [B][COLOR=#ff0000]Dn.ClearContents[/COLOR][/B]
Click to expand...
 
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