Search For Certain Text, Then Delete The Row, Plus Others
Jul 9, 2009
Here is what Im trying to do: I have a VERY large excel file (15,000+ lines) that has groups of text (this is all in one column)
I want excel to search for the cells with "UID" and delete that row plus every non-blank row above it. (so it deletes the entire "group") Here is example layout of what Im working with. The end result should be only "groups" without the text "UID" following it.
ExampleCell1
ExampleCell2
ExampleCell3
UID = example
ExampleCell1
ExampleCell2
ExampleCell3
ExampleCell1
ExampleCell2
ExampleCell3
UID = example
Now Im thinking this may be impossible, but I've seen some crazy things done with excel macros and was really hoping someone can help me out. Otherwise Im doing this manually for 15,000 lines of text.
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Apr 29, 2008
I have an formula if statement that returns "deletethisrow" if the test is true.
For every occurence of "deletethisrow" I want to delete the row. The number instances will be variable each time I run the file. So maybe it will find that string, maybe it will find 10 instances. I want to do some kind of loop that won't error out when it cannot find "deletethisrow", but will delete the rows for each instance where it does find this string.
I know it was verbose, but if I just do a loop for a fixed number of loops it will error out if it runs out of rows to delete.
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Jul 8, 2009
Here is what Im trying to do: I have a VERY large excel file that has groups of 4 cells, a blank, then another 4, repeating. Kinda like the following:
ExampleCell1
ExampleCell2
ExampleCell3
UID = example
ExampleCell1
ExampleCell2
ExampleCell3
ExampleCell1
ExampleCell2
ExampleCell3
UID = example
That pattern continues for about 3000 lines. However, if you noticed, some of the "groups" dont have the 4th line "UID = example".
Here is what Im trying to do. I want excel to search for the cells with "UID" and DELETE it plus the 3 rows above. So that only the "groups" without the UID remain.
Now Im thinking this may be impossible, but I've seen some crazy things done with excel macros and was really hoping someone can help me out. Otherwise Im doing this manually for 3000+ lines of text.
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Oct 14, 2008
1. Search an excel sheet "column" for a particular type of text and insert values based on that text (if found) in another column.
e.g I have column A1 to A10 with different types of text. I would like to search for the keyword "Risk is high" OR "Risk=High" for each cell in the column and insert a "1" if found beside it's corresponding "B" column. If not found, I would like to insert a "0".
So, if the text "Risk is high" OR "Risk=High" was only found in A6, I would like B6 to be "1". Rest of the values in the B column would be "0's", since the text was not found in any of the other cells.
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Aug 30, 2012
I have 4 values in column A (Let's say A1:A4)
These values are also contained in column Q among/with many other values. I am looking for a script that will find these 4 values in column Q and delete them by shifting the cells up. I need something like:
Look A1, If the same value exist in Q column Then delete the same value cell in Q and shift cells up
Look A2, If the same value exist in Q column Then delete the same value cell in Q and shift cells up
Look A3, If the same value exist in Q column Then delete the same value cell in Q and shift cells up
Look A3, If the same value exist in Q column Then delete the same value cell in Q and shift cells up
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Apr 23, 2013
I trying to search for a string in Excel and then delete that row. The code below will do that but I am also looking to delete the next row line out as well. .
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim lRow As Long
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Sheets("DSS")
[Code]....
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Jun 29, 2014
I need to create a macro to do the following:
Search the activecell for a text string (a), and then either paste in text string (b) at the end of the cell if (a) is found, or text string (c) if (a) is not found.
For example, if the activecell has "AA/" in it, I want the cell to become "AA/01" (pasting in "01" at the end), and if the cell has just "AA" in it, I want it to still become "AA/01" (pasting "/01" at the end). The macro will be linked to a commandbutton.
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Apr 30, 2009
I am using Windows XP and Office 2003.
I am looking to automate a process where information is sent to someone in a text format and they in turn transfer that data to an excel file. It basically looks like this (but includes a lot more info):
Service Request #: 123456
Instrument Type: New Instrument
Lot/Serial #: 123456
SR Type: Product Complaint
Service Coverage: Maintenance Agreement
The info on the left (text preceding the colon) is always the same but the values following the colon can change. The excel file has all of the text before the colon and they just enter the information into the cells. I am looking to make it so that an Excel macro (or maybe a word/outlook macro) automatically scans the text document and sends this info to the exact same cells in excel every time.
The text file is actually a message from an Oracle database and I am not going to be able to make any changes to the way the data comes in.
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May 29, 2012
Sub test1()
Dim LR As Long, i As Long
LR = Range("E" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
[Code]....
I would like this to run over all of the following E F G H I J K L M N O P Basically it is getting rid of any numbers in the sheet and cleaning the following cells up.
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Feb 24, 2014
I'm trying to create a function that will search for a certain value and if that true, delete certain cells in the same row. So far, I've come with the following and not sure how to write particular line.
So this function will go through column G and count the rows since it could have 1 or 50,000. So for example if column G2 has a value anything other then "Pending" then I need cell T2:Z2 to be deleted.
I know this line is the source of error Rng("T & Rows.Count:Z & Rows.Count").Select but I don't know how to express it.
Sub Check_Status()
Dim iLastRow As Integer
Dim Rng As Range
iLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, "G").End(xlUp).Row
For Each Rng In Range("G1:G" & iLastRow)
If Not Rng.Value = "Pending" Then
Rng("T & Rows.Count:Z & Rows.Count").Select
Selection.ClearContents
End If
Next
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Sep 27, 2007
I have Column Headers in Row 1 (except column A), What I need to do is write a Macro or some code to
1.Search the entire row 1 for column headers containing the suffix _CSV and delete the entire columns.
2.Shift all remaining columns to the left so no blank columns exist. (There is a time stamp in row A that I wish to keep where it is.)
Next I would like a separate routine to sort the columns in the order of a Pre-defined list that I specify in a range. For example the list of column headers reside in the Range (A1:A200)
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May 11, 2007
I get a report several times a week consisting of several columns and some hundred rows. There must be no comma signs in column E but the reports that I get will sometimes have commas in Col E anyway.
I have a macro/vba code in another workbook that I start by a keyboard combination. This macro will adapt the look of the report, but it can't take care of the comma issue. However, I have managed to remove the comma and replace it with nothing but that is not sufficient. I want to delete the comma and all figures to the right of the comma sign. There can between 1 and 4 decimal numbers.
I need to integrate some kind of vba code that will check every cell in column E and if it finds a comma in any cell, the comma must be deleted and all the numbers to the right of the comma too.
Hope you can help me with this issue because I have been googling around for two days now... It drives me crazy.
I have posted this question here too but it has not yet been solved:
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Sep 5, 2007
I need a VBA code that will search column H for any value that DOES NOT start with "9" (this is a character field). If it finds a cell that doesn't start with "9", I would like it to delete the entire row. It will need to repeat this process for every cell in Column H that has a value and then stop.
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Jun 7, 2007
Search a worksheet for a user defined text string, and have excell return the contents of a predetermined column in the same row in which the text string was found.
A prepopulated worksheet has the text "gold" entered in cell T278.
1. user searches for "yellow_metal"
2. Excell finds "yellow_metal" in row 278, say in cell A278.
3. Excell then goes to predetermined column (programed as part of macro or VB), say "T", and returns the text contents of the cell in that column, T278 in this example.
4. Excell returns "gold"
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Apr 14, 2014
I have worksheet that contains the wording "Total For Page" in columns A:N. I would like to find that wording delete that row and 3 rows below it. found the code below that works, but I have to continually run it to find the wording and delete the rows. The code doesn't search all and delete in one shot.
[Code]....
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Oct 24, 2011
Any way to use a search form I've created to delete data from the original sheet. What I'm doing here is using advanced filter to copy data from the original database onto a temporary sheet to display in this list box. I've gotten almost everything to work properly, but since this is populated by advanced filter, I don't really even know where to start on my delete button.
Code:
Private Sub Search()
Dim Criteria As Range
Dim SearchRange As Range
Dim SearchResults As Range
Set Criteria = Range("Values!Criteria")
[Code] ......
So I was thinking something like this:
Code:
Private Sub cmdDelete_Click()
lstResults.Value.delete
End Sub
But I know this won't work.
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Jul 31, 2014
in VBA how would I script to search down column and if the cells starts with "20" delete the first 13 characters?
also if it finds more than 10 empty rows it cuts the loop otherwise I may be waiting a while
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Jan 27, 2014
I have a workbook with one sheet (called "Pipeline") and another sheet called "Completed". The Pipeline sheet is used to keep track of all of the tasks that the team are working on, and then when the task is completed, it needs to be moved to the "Completed tab".
I currently have managed to write some code that looks for items marked "completed" in row G of the "Pipeline" sheet, then copies them over to the "Completed" tab, and then deletes the row from the "Pipeline" sheet.
There is one macro to copy the completed cells (called "Transfer"), and then another to delete the cells (called "Delete"). I then just have macro called "Clean" that just calls the transfer macro, and then calls the delete macro.
Often, there are 6 tasks marked complete, and only some of them will be copied over, but all of them will be deleted (a disaster).
Transfer Macro : [Code]....
Delete Macro : [Code]....
Overall Macro : [Code]....
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Nov 5, 2008
How to create a macro to search a value and delete the row but I'm having trouble trying to get this to search multiple values. Keep in mind I'm really new at attempting to create a macro so this may look terrible ;-)
I have a list of 20 numbers (changes from time to time) and I need to filter any row containing any one of these numbers out of my results each day. I am currently able to filter a single group of numbers but get an end error every time I attempt to string a group of numbers.
This is what I have so far and is an example. We'll use three numbers as an example.
"12345","12346","12347" are the numbers that we'll use for the example that I need to filter. The code that I have is:
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May 20, 2009
I have tried several methods to delete the entire row if the cell in column 'A' is blank ...
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Jun 1, 2009
I'd like to do is click the delete button and when clicked, it will search for matching records in column A & B and if they match... I'm thinking the code for that is <> but I'm not sure, then delete that record, and shift the cells up. Do this until the search results are empty below the delete button. Like I said, it's probably more understandable to look at the workbook.
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Sep 19, 2009
I have two workbooks, one is used for importing items to the site while the other is a monthly product list. In each of these I have a list of sku codes. I need a macro that will search each sku from the import to the entire product workbook. If it's found then delete the whole row from the product workbook. I have attached the examples below.
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Aug 28, 2012
I attached partial file so you can see what i mean. I pasted only a few combinations cause the file was to big and i wasnt able to attach it...there are 142506 combinations . But you can see what i mean. A VBA or a macro on the worksheet will do the job?
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Jul 7, 2009
I've attached a dummy worksheet that shows constant values of 1.00 in columns D and E. In the actual workbook, user action will sometimes cause these values to change to something other that 1.00. The user may wish to delete the action that caused the change.
I need a macro that will search from the last cell in column D upward to the first instance of a cell that is not equal to 1.00 and select that cell and those immediately above with the same value as the first found cell.
For example, in the attached worksheet the search would start in the last cell of Columd D and search upward. It would find cell D23 and upward to D19. These entire rows would be deleted.
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Jul 17, 2013
I have a excel 2007 workbook that has 5 sheets "MASTER" , "RED" , "WHITE", "GOLD" & "BLUE". There are 7 columns in each sheet and the master has about 8,000 rows . In column D of each sheet there is a unique number (approx. 8 - 10 digits ) that I would like to at the press of a command button search through sheets "RED" "WHITE" "GOLD" & "BLUE" against the unique numbers in the "MASTER" sheet and if there any duplicates numbers delete the entire row but leave all the data in the master sheet.
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Jun 12, 2014
My Excel program (Excel 2010) currently has several columns and each column looks for and pulls data from a specific file on my computer. Then I need to delete any duplicate data entries, count the number of unique entries and track the changes through a chart. I have everything done except I cannot figure out (or find on the internet) a way to search in multiple columns (more than 2) and delete just the duplicate cells. I want to delete the cells in a way where there is one left. For example if the code 12gf is duplicated three time, I want to be left with one 12gf (it doesnt matter what column the original one is left in). Additionally, column length changes and they are not sorted. I have attempted to attach an image of an example file below.
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May 15, 2014
I have a column of data with letters in each cell, no numerical, only alpha. Now, some of those cells contain the letters "adj sub" as part of the text string in each cell. "Adj sub" is always at the beginning of the text string. As an example, a cell will look like this - "adj sub mhm". I want to delete rows whose cell description does not contain "adj sub" as part of the text in the cell.
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Jan 8, 2014
I am needing to search for specific text in a row and if the text matches then sum a different area. I currently have the below formula but it wont work unless I only select only cell for the find section:
=IF(FIND("Skills and drills",$R$4:$AA$4)>0,SUM(I4:N4),0)
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Dec 10, 2007
I need to firure out how to find a value based on 2 conditions that are text. Somewhat like this: If customer "acme" is in the central division and in state Alaska, return legal entity Newco.
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Jul 18, 2009
I have a data base sheet...now i want to find the text,string,word into the database sheet and want the results to search-engine sheet..i can do this with the help of advanced filter but now i m not able to highlit that text what i find in the search criteria cell...
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