Match function w/multiple criteria in VBA

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I am trying to get some VBA to do the same thing as a match function w/multiple criteria so I can then make it more dynamic/functional across more than one cell.

In the cell I can get the following to work: (using Control+Shift+Enter)
Criteria1,Criteria2, and Criteria3 are cells with values(two strings, 1 number) in them.
Range1,Range2, and Range3 are named ranges in my workbook because I use them across multiple sheets.

Code: 
{=MATCH(Criteria1&Critera2&Criteria3,Range1&Range2&Range3,0)}

I have also gotten this to work:

Code: 
{=MATCH(1,(Criteria1=Range1)*(Criteria2=Range2)*(Criteria3=Range3),0)}

After looking at these threads:
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-...tiple-criteria-visual-basic-applications.html
http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-...tiple-criteria-visual-basic-applications.html

I was able to get this to work in VBA: (Criteria1,Criteria2, and Criteria3 are now variables that are inputs to the VBA function)

Code: 
myResult = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(Criteria1, Range("Range1"), 0)

but when I try to add in other criteria, I get a "#VALUE!" error.

I have tried the following (among a bunch of other combinations):

Code: 
myResult = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(Criteria1&Criteria2&Criteria3, Range("Range1")&Range("Range2")&Range("Range3"), 0)

and

Code: 
myResult = Application.Evaluate("MATCH(Criteria1&Criteria2&Criteria3, Range1&Range2&Range3), 0)")

with the same error.

I feel like I am really close, just missing something simple. Any help? I am working in Excel 2010 if it makes a difference.
 

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Hi
Welcome to the board

Your 2 approaches:
- the one with the Application.Match() is wrong
- the one with the Evaluate is possible, but the syntax is wrong.

you don't want a formula like

=MATCH(Criteria1&Criteria2&Criteria3, Range1&Range2&Range3), 0)

what you want is a formula with the references of the criteria and the ranges, like

=MATCH(F2&G2&H2,A2:A10&B2:B10&C2:C10,0)

which means you have to compose the string using the values of the variables and not their names.

If you try it, it will work.


I suggest another approach that I think is easier.

Try this first with the layout I post and then adapt to your case:


Code: 
Sub TestMatch()
Dim r1 As Range, r2 As Range, r3 As Range
Dim rC1 As Range, rC2 As Range, rC3 As Range
Dim vResult As Variant

Set r1 = Range("A1:A10")
Set r2 = Range("C1:C10")
Set r3 = Range("D1:D10")
Set rC1 = Range("F2")
Set rC2 = Range("G2")
Set rC3 = Range("H2")

With Application
    vResult = .Match(1, .CountIfs(rC1, r1, rC2, r2, rC3, r3), 0)
End With

If IsError(vResult) Then
    MsgBox "Error"
Else
    MsgBox vResult
End If
End Sub



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padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">1</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">YY</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;background:#9CF; text-align:center; " ><b>10</b></td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">XX</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">1</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:left;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; ">YY</td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;background:#9CF; text-align:center; " ><b>11</b></td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td><td style="border-width:1px;border-color:#000000; padding-left:0.5em; padding-top:0.4em; padding-right:0.5em; padding-bottom:0.25em;text-align:right;border-width: 1px;border-color:#888888; "> </td></tr><tr><td colspan=10 style="background:#9CF; padding-left:1em" > [Book1.xlsm]Sheet1</td></tr></table>
 
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@pgc01 Thanks for the response. I couldn't get your suggestions to work and after some more thought my criteria checks were a little too complex for the match function. I ended up with a for loop that works pretty well.

Thanks again.
 
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Hello Sir,

How on earth do you know that something like Application.Countifs exists (There is no intelisense for that) and what's more - it returns an array (and not double)??!!
I tried to search everywhere but cannot find any reference to that. I'm wondering what's more hiding that would solve tons of challenges.
I beg you for answer.

Best Regards,
Barb



pgc01 said:
Hi
Welcome to the board

Your 2 approaches:
- the one with the Application.Match() is wrong
- the one with the Evaluate is possible, but the syntax is wrong.

you don't want a formula like

=MATCH(Criteria1&Criteria2&Criteria3, Range1&Range2&Range3), 0)

what you want is a formula with the references of the criteria and the ranges, like

=MATCH(F2&G2&H2,A2:A10&B2:B10&C2:C10,0)

which means you have to compose the string using the values of the variables and not their names.

If you try it, it will work.


I suggest another approach that I think is easier.

Try this first with the layout I post and then adapt to your case:


Code: 
Sub TestMatch()
Dim r1 As Range, r2 As Range, r3 As Range
Dim rC1 As Range, rC2 As Range, rC3 As Range
Dim vResult As Variant

Set r1 = Range("A1:A10")
Set r2 = Range("C1:C10")
Set r3 = Range("D1:D10")
Set rC1 = Range("F2")
Set rC2 = Range("G2")
Set rC3 = Range("H2")

With Application
    vResult = .Match(1, .CountIfs(rC1, r1, rC2, r2, rC3, r3), 0)
End With

If IsError(vResult) Then
    MsgBox "Error"
Else
    MsgBox vResult
End If
End Sub



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[TH] [/TH]
[TH="width: 30, align: center"]A[/TH]
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[TH="width: 30, align: center"]C[/TH]
[TH="width: 30, align: center"]D[/TH]
[TH="width: 30, align: center"]E[/TH]
[TH="width: 30, align: center"]F[/TH]
[TH="width: 30, align: center"]G[/TH]
[TH="width: 30, align: center"]H[/TH]
[TH="width: 30, align: center"]I[/TH]
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[TD="align: center"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]XX[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]YY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: left"]C1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]C2[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]C3[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]2[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]AA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]YY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: left"]AA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]BB[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]XX[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]BB[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]4[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]AA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]BB[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]5[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]XX[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]YY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]6[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]AA[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]3[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]BB[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]7[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]XX[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]YY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]8[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]XX[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]BB[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]9[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]XX[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]YY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]10[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]XX[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"]1[/TD]
[TD="align: left"]YY[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="align: center"]11[/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
[TD="align: right"] [/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="colspan: 10"] [Book1.xlsm]Sheet1[/TD]
[/TR]
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Hi

Barbatian said:
How on earth do you know that something like Application.Countifs exists (There is no intelisense for that)...
Click to expand...

You can access most of the worksheet functions from vba with either

Syntax 1: Application.Worksheetfunction.SomeFunction (has intellisense)
Or
Syntax 2: Application.SomeFunction (hasn't intellisense)

2 differences:

1 - You use an error handler with Syntax 1 and you test the error with IsError() with Syntax 2.
Syntax 1 is preferred by some, because the code is "cleaner", the main part of the code is not cluttered with error handling, errors are dealt with elsewhere

For ex.:
Try with some values in A1:A10 and the value to find in B1. See how the case of error is dealt with

Code: 
Sub Test1()
Dim j As Long

On Error GoTo ERR_HND

j = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(Range("B1"), Range("A1:A10"), 0)

MsgBox "Result: " & j
Exit Sub

ERR_HND:
MsgBox "Error " & Err.Description

End Sub

Code: 
Sub Test2()
Dim v As Variant

v = Application.Match(Range("B1"), Range("A1:A10"), 0)

If Not IsError(v) Then
     MsgBox "Result: " & v
Else
    MsgBox "Error"
End If
End Sub


2- The second difference is that sometimes Syntax 1 does not like arrays.

Ex.
Write an "a" and a "c" somewhere in A1:A10

Does not work:

Code: 
Sub Test1()
Dim v As Variant

On Error GoTo ERR_HND

v = Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(Array("a", "c"), Range("A1:A10"), 0)

MsgBox "Result: (" & Join(v, ",") & ")"
Exit Sub

ERR_HND:
MsgBox "Error " & Err.Description

End Sub

Works:


Code: 
Sub Test2()
Dim v As Variant

v = Application.Match(Array("a", "c"), Range("A1:A10"), 0)

If Not IsError(v) Then
         MsgBox "Result: (" & Join(v, ",") & ")"
Else
    MsgBox "Error"
End If
End Sub
Conclusion: work with the Syntax you prefer, remember that in some cases with arrays you many have to use Syntax 2.


Barbatian said:
... and what's more - it returns an array (and not double)??!!
Click to expand...

That's how it works in the worksheet and so this is what I expect to get in vba, in this case with the syntax 2
 
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Hello PGC,

I didn't know that in Countifs you can provide Range as Criteria this will result an array... Insane, thank you.
 
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