Issue with blanks and spaces

L. Howard · Mar 16, 2014

I am running code that produces a huge list (short phrases) in column A2 and down.

In the normal operation of the code, there are times when it produces the phrases as wanted and other times due to the data the code is working on, it produces the phrases and apparently blank cells.

However, the cells actually have 5 spaces in them. When I look the sheet over it is evident why there are 5 spaces. To fix the problem by altering the main code would for sure require a massive rewrite, if I could even explain what is causing the spaces.

I am fairly certain manipulating the data in column A is the better way to cope with the "blank looking" cells that have the spaces.

Where I am stumped is the cells with the short phrases have spaces that are needed. So a blanket remove spaces from column A would not work.

I cannot figure how to distinguish the good spaces from the bad spaces then remove the cells with the bad spaces.

The end result being a list of the phrases in A2 and down with no blanks.

I looked for examples of filter code and for If IsText but did not come up with anything.

Also, I cannot be sure it will always be 5 spaces each time.

Thanks.
Howard

Auric__ · Mar 17, 2014

L. Howard said:
I am running code that produces a huge list (short phrases) in column A2
and down.

In the normal operation of the code, there are times when it produces
the phrases as wanted and other times due to the data the code is
working on, it produces the phrases and apparently blank cells.

However, the cells actually have 5 spaces in them. When I look the
sheet over it is evident why there are 5 spaces. To fix the problem by
altering the main code would for sure require a massive rewrite, if I
could even explain what is causing the spaces.

I am fairly certain manipulating the data in column A is the better way
to cope with the "blank looking" cells that have the spaces.

Where I am stumped is the cells with the short phrases have spaces that
are needed. So a blanket remove spaces from column A would not work.

I cannot figure how to distinguish the good spaces from the bad spaces
then remove the cells with the bad spaces.

The end result being a list of the phrases in A2 and down with no
blanks.

I looked for examples of filter code and for If IsText but did not come
up with anything.

Also, I cannot be sure it will always be 5 spaces each time.

At the spot where you put the text ino the cell, try something like this:

If Len(Trim$(random_phrase)) > 0 Then ActiveCell.Value = random_phrase

Claus Busch · Mar 17, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:06:20 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

I am running code that produces a huge list (short phrases) in column A2 and down.

In the normal operation of the code, there are times when it produces the phrases as wanted and other times due to the data the code is working on, it produces the phrases and apparently blank cells.

However, the cells actually have 5 spaces in them. When I look the sheet over it is evident why there are 5 spaces. To fix the problem by altering the main code would for sure require a massive rewrite, if I could even explain what is causing the spaces.

can we see your code or your workbook?

Regards
Claus B.

L. Howard · Mar 17, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:06:20 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

can we see your code or your workbook?

Regards

Claus B.

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can we see your code or your workbook?

Regards

Claus B.

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Thanks Auric, I tried to incorporate your suggestion but couldn't make it work.
Changed the random_phrase to Tlt in the Sub Titles_Col_A and to (b) in the other code Claus wrote but no go.

Not even sure I had it in the correct spot.

Claus, you may recognize the major code here. If you look on the sheet at cell D46 you will see a purple section that is blank. This is what causes the 6 spaces in the column A output. The blank section (maybe two sections) would be normal use.

I tried putting a "false" character in each purple cell, * for instance, and then tried a 'find and clear contents' to try to get it to a true blank but just isn't my day I guess.

Thanks for taking a look.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/z7zqw8odblsmhdr/Title Builder Randomizer rev 1.0 Drop Box.xlsm

Howard

I often get an error message about trouble posting and to try again later. Wonder if it is something on my end or what?? Has a Reload option that wipes everything out and I have to start over again from scratch.

L. Howard · Mar 17, 2014

Woops, I left this line in the code, which runs amok, delete it and click the Titles button to produce the list in column A

If Len(Trim$(Tlt)) > 0 Then ActiveCell.Value = Tlt

For Each Tlt In aeRng
Range("A" & n).Resize(6).Value = .Transpose(.Index(Tlt.Resize(, 11), 0, Array(1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11)))
If Len(Trim$(Tlt)) > 0 Then ActiveCell.Value = Tlt
n = n + 6
Next Tlt

Howard

Claus Busch · Mar 17, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:08:00 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

If Len(Trim$(Tlt)) > 0 Then ActiveCell.Value = Tlt

why has range D46:N65 no data?
Or how should it be filled?

Regards
Claus B.

L. Howard · Mar 17, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:08:00 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

why has range D46:N65 no data?

Or how should it be filled?

Regards

Claus B.

Hi Howard,

Am Mon, 17 Mar 2014 00:08:00 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

why has range D46:N65 no data?

Or how should it be filled?

Hi Claus,

Range D46:N65 is blank as a matter of normal use. It is filled manually by placing certain words in each column D, F, H, J, L, M. Then a single word from each column produces a short phrase.

I don't know exactly why it is blank, except the user may only want 5 individual short phrases in each result returned to column A. May also only want 4 short phrases in the column A return, so 2 of those colored ranges could be blank.

You most likely picked up that each of those section (above and below the D46:N65 blank range) provide the words for a randomly selected phrase. So if all sections are filled with words then there would be 6 short phrases in each cell in column A.

That is why I thought the solution should be manipulating the data in column A rather rewrite all the main code. The code works very well as written.

Howard

Claus Busch · Mar 17, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Mon, 17 Mar 2014 05:19:17 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

Range D46:N65 is blank as a matter of normal use. It is filled manually by placing certain words in each column D, F, H, J, L, M. Then a single word from each column produces a short phrase.

then fill range AQ only if there are values in range D:N.
Instead of formula use following macro:

Sub FillAQ()
Dim rngC As Range
Dim i As Long
Dim myStr As String

For Each rngC In Range("AQ2:AQ131")
myStr = ""
For i = 19 To 29 Step 2
If Len(Cells(rngC.Row, i)) > 0 Then
myStr = myStr & Cells(rngC.Row, i) & " "
End If
Next
myStr = RTrim(myStr)
rngC = myStr
Next
End Sub

And change the Randomize macro to:

Sub Six_By_Six_Title_Randomizer()
'/ by Claus
Dim a(19) As Variant, b, c, d, e, f
Dim Small As Integer, Big As Integer
Dim i As Long, j As Long, n As Long, k As Long
Dim conT As Long
Dim iI As Long
Dim arrOut As Variant
Dim myCol As Long

Application.ScreenUpdating = False

[AE2:AO2010,A2:A12100].ClearContents

Small = 1
For conT = 1 To 100
For n = 2 To 112 Step 22
For k = 3 To 13 Step 2

Big = Small + 19
j = 0
For i = Small To Big
a(j) = i
j = j + 1
Next
b = a: Randomize
d = UBound(b)
For c = 0 To d
e = Int(d * Rnd) + 1
f = b(c): b(c) = b(e): b(e) = f
Next

Cells(n, k).Resize(rowsize:=20) = WorksheetFunction.Transpose(b)

Small = Small + 20

Next 'k

Next 'n

FillAQ

myCol = 31
For iI = 2 To 112 Step 22
arrOut = Range("AQ" & iI).Resize(rowsize:=20)
Cells(Rows.Count, myCol).End(xlUp).Offset(1, 0) _
.Resize(rowsize:=20) = arrOut
myCol = myCol + 2
Next

Small = 1
Next 'conT

Application.ScreenUpdating = True

End Sub

Regards
Claus B.

Claus Busch · Mar 17, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Mon, 17 Mar 2014 13:44:55 +0100 schrieb Claus Busch:

have a look:
https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=9378...#cid=9378AAB6121822A3&id=9378AAB6121822A3!326
for workbook "Title Builder Randomizer rev 2.0.xlsm"

Regards
Claus B.

L. Howard · Mar 17, 2014

have a look:

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=9378...#cid=9378AAB6121822A3&id=9378AAB6121822A3!326

for workbook "Title Builder Randomizer rev 2.0.xlsm"

Regards

Claus B.

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have a look:

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=9378...#cid=9378AAB6121822A3&id=9378AAB6121822A3!326

for workbook "Title Builder Randomizer rev 2.0.xlsm"

Regards

Claus B.

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Wonderful!!!

I will be adamant to the user who has made this work so well.

I should have known that it is best fix the problem at the source instead of patching up poor results.

I'll study the old code and new to see if I can gather some insight on how you did that. Most of it remains over my head, but I pick up a little bit from time to time.

Thanks Claus.

Regards,
Howard

L. Howard · Mar 17, 2014

this code only reads cells with values into the array instead of 6

items.

And so the range is resized with Ubound(arrOut) +1 you get no empty

cells.

Regards

Claus B.

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So I'm thinking that is done here where the space " " is replaced with nothing "" and if still greater than 0 it means there is text so it reads it into the array.

If Len(Replace(Tlt.Offset(0, i), " ", "")) > 0 Then
ReDim Preserve arrOut(j)
arrOut(j) = Tlt.Offset(0, i)
j = j + 1
End If

Claus Busch · Mar 17, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Mon, 17 Mar 2014 15:20:17 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

So I'm thinking that is done here where the space " " is replaced with nothing "" and if still greater than 0 it means there is text so it reads it into the array.

If Len(Replace(Tlt.Offset(0, i), " ", "")) > 0 Then
ReDim Preserve arrOut(j)
arrOut(j) = Tlt.Offset(0, i)
j = j + 1
End If

yes, that is the only change I made

Regards
Claus B.

L. Howard · Mar 18, 2014

I need another nudge.
Want to transfer data workbook Y.
A list of target worksheets in book Y is in column AU of the source workbook/worksheet.
The target column for each target sheet is next to it in column AV.

The code errors out on this line where I have put "c" and c in place of "what goes here??"

Set wksTarget = wkbTarget.Sheets("What goes here??")
Set wksTarget = wkbTarget.Sheets("c")
Set wksTarget = wkbTarget.Sheets(c)

None work.

The Msgboxes both return a correct sheet name and a column number.
Which is Allee & 1 as they are the first entries of the list.

Thanks,
Howard

Sub Transfer_Titles()
Dim myRng As Range
Dim rngC As Range
Dim i As Long
Dim myArr() As Variant

Dim wksSource As Worksheet, wksTarget As Worksheet
Dim wkbSource As Workbook, wkbTarget As Workbook
Dim rngSource As Range, rngTarget As Range

Dim c As Range
Dim trgWs As Range
Dim trgCol As Long

Set myRng = Range("A2:A12100")

For Each rngC In myRng
ReDim Preserve myArr(myRng.Cells.Count - 1)
myArr(i) = rngC
i = i + 1
Next

'/ List of target sheet names in column AU2:AU21
'/ Destination column for each target sheet is in AV next to sheet name

Set wkbSource = Workbooks("Title Builder Randomizer rev 2.0 xfer titles.xlsm")
Set wkbTarget = Workbooks("Y.xlsm")

For Each c In Range("AU2:AU21")
MsgBox c
trgCol = c.Offset(0, 1)
MsgBox trgCol

Set wksTarget = wkbTarget.Sheets("What goes here??")

With wksSource
wksTarget.Cells(2, trgCol).Resize(rowsize:=myRng.Cells.Count) _
= WorksheetFunction.Transpose(myArr)
End With
Next 'c
End Sub

L. Howard · Mar 18, 2014

Also, I added this in case the workbook Y was not open.

If Not IsFileOpen("C:\Users\Howard Kittle\Documents\Y.xlsm") Then
Workbooks.Open ("C:\Users\Howard Kittle\Documents\Y.xlsm")
End If

It does indeed open the workbook if not open and the code runs on down until it errors out as I posted above.

However, the Msgboxes both return blank until the code is run again, then correct data is indicated. (of course it still errors out on that same line)

I don't understand why it prevents the variables from returning in the msgboxes on the opening run.

Howard

Claus Busch · Mar 19, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Tue, 18 Mar 2014 14:41:45 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

I need another nudge.
Want to transfer data workbook Y.
A list of target worksheets in book Y is in column AU of the source workbook/worksheet.
The target column for each target sheet is next to it in column AV.

Then try:

Sub Transfer_Titles()

Dim Dest As Range
Dim i As Long
Dim myArr() As Variant
Dim arrDest As Variant
Dim LRow As Long
Dim wkbSource As Workbook, wkbTarget As Workbook

LRow = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row

myArr = Range("A2:A" & LRow)

'/ List of target sheet names in column AU2:AU21
'/ Destination column for each target sheet is in AV next to sheet name

Set wkbSource = ThisWorkbook
Set wkbTarget = Workbooks("Y.xlsm")

arrDest = Range("AU2:AV21")
For i = LBound(arrDest) To UBound(arrDest)
Set Dest = wkbTarget.Sheets(arrDest(i, 1)).Cells(2, arrDest(i, 2))
Dest.Resize(rowsize:=UBound(myArr)) = myArr
Dest.EntireColumn.AutoFit
Next 'i
End Sub

Regards
Claus B.

Claus Busch · Mar 19, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:11:24 +0100 schrieb Claus Busch:

Enter a code line with

With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Title Builder")

in case the sheet "Title Builder" is not the active sheet
Then don't forget the dots in front of the ranges

LRow = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row

if all sections in all colors are filled you have more than 12100 rows,
otherwise you can have less.

Regards
Claus B.

L. Howard · Mar 19, 2014

Then try:

Sub Transfer_Titles()

Dim Dest As Range

Dim i As Long

Dim myArr() As Variant

Dim arrDest As Variant

Dim LRow As Long

Dim wkbSource As Workbook, wkbTarget As Workbook

LRow = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row

myArr = Range("A2:A" & LRow)

'/ List of target sheet names in column AU2:AU21

'/ Destination column for each target sheet is in AV next to sheet name

Set wkbSource = ThisWorkbook

Set wkbTarget = Workbooks("Y.xlsm")

arrDest = Range("AU2:AV21")

For i = LBound(arrDest) To UBound(arrDest)

Set Dest = wkbTarget.Sheets(arrDest(i, 1)).Cells(2, arrDest(i, 2))

Dest.Resize(rowsize:=UBound(myArr)) = myArr

Dest.EntireColumn.AutoFit

Next 'i

End Sub

Regards

Claus B.

Oh yes! That works very quick. Nice. About 0.623 seconds to transfer 10,000 rows to twenty sheets.

I wrote a couple of lines to recalc the data between each sheet transfer so that each sheet got a unique set of data and the time was 36 seconds. That seems quite reasonable to me given it is the recalc that takes the time, not the transfer.

Thanks Claus. The array speed is always impressive.

Howard

L. Howard · Mar 19, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:11:24 +0100 schrieb Claus Busch:

Enter a code line with

With ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Title Builder")

in case the sheet "Title Builder" is not the active sheet

Then don't forget the dots in front of the ranges

if all sections in all colors are filled you have more than 12100 rows,

otherwise you can have less.

Regards

Claus B.

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Office 2007 Ultimate SP3 / 2010 Prodessional

Hi Claus,

On a different sheet in the same project, I am trying to output column AQ to both column A and sheet 2 column B of the same workbook. This sheet is very almost identical to the Titles sheet except here it is returning up to six short phrases to the taget cells.

This is one of many attempts to get it to write to sheet2.
Is this a case like you describe above.

Writes to sheet 1 just fine, the active sheet.

Sub A2_Down_Copy()
Dim lRowCount
lRowCount = Cells(Rows.Count, "AE").End(xlUp).Row

With Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2").Resize(lRowCount)
.Formula = "=CONCATENATE(AE2&AG2&AI2&AK2&AM2&AO2)": .Value = .Value
End With

With Sheets("Sheet2").Range("B2").Resize(lRowCount)
.Formula = "=CONCATENATE(AE2&AG2&AI2&AK2&AM2&AO2)": .Value = .Value
End With

End Sub

Thanks.
Howard

Claus Busch · Mar 20, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:52:12 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

This is one of many attempts to get it to write to sheet2.
Is this a case like you describe above.

I would do it with the formula only once.
Try:

Sub A2_Down_Copy()
Dim lRowCount
Dim myArr As Variant

With Sheets("Sheet1")
lRowCount = .Cells(Rows.Count, "AE").End(xlUp).Row
With .Range("A2").Resize(lRowCount)
.Formula = "=CONCATENATE(AE2&AG2&AI2&AK2&AM2&AO2)"
.Value = .Value
myArr = Range("A2:A" & lRowCount)
End With
End With

Sheets("Sheet2").Range("B2").Resize(lRowCount) = myArr

End Sub

Regards
Claus B.

L. Howard · Mar 20, 2014

Hi Howard,

Am Wed, 19 Mar 2014 15:52:12 -0700 (PDT) schrieb L. Howard:

I would do it with the formula only once.

Try:

Sub A2_Down_Copy()

Dim lRowCount

Dim myArr As Variant

With Sheets("Sheet1")

lRowCount = .Cells(Rows.Count, "AE").End(xlUp).Row

With .Range("A2").Resize(lRowCount)

.Formula = "=CONCATENATE(AE2&AG2&AI2&AK2&AM2&AO2)"

.Value = .Value

myArr = Range("A2:A" & lRowCount)

End With

End With

Sheets("Sheet2").Range("B2").Resize(lRowCount) = myArr

End Sub

Regards

Claus B.

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Thanks Claus. That works well for me. Sheet 1 copy is perfect.

The Sheet 2 copy was producing a ghost #N/A in row 2002. I did this and it went away.

Sheets("Sheet2").Range("B2").Resize(lRowCount - 1) = myArr

Row 2 and 2001 on both sheets are identical each time I test.

I did notice that Column AE2 is blank and the blank repeats every 20 rows. Does not affect the copy that your code does. All the blank rows are copied as 5 short phrases instead of 6. More troubleshooting to do.

But like your code, always top notch.

Thanks again.

Howard

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