Suppose I have data in range A1:A100. I would like to split each cell in the range to multiple columns, by a fixed width, eg (0-10,10-15,15-37). I could use the Text-to-Columns function in both vba and excel itself.
My question is, if i pass the range to an array first in VBA:
Dim my Array as Variant
myArray = Range("A1:A100").value
How would i apply the following logic:
myNewArray = Array(myArray(0,10),myArray(10,15),myArray(15,37))
or maybe like this:
for i=1 to 100
myNewArray(i,1) = mid(myArray(i),0,10)
myNewArray(i,2) = mid(myArray(i),10,5)
myNewArray(i,3) = mid(myArray(i),15,22)
next
which would result in a new array of 100 rows by 3 columns, but having split the initial data at the specified points, like how a Text-to-Column approach would. But these approaches don't seem to work.
I have tried searching for answer to this but can't seem to find anything
Any help would be appreciated,
thanks
In addition to Scott 's correct hint in comment you could use one datafield array only (based on three columns) and do a reverse loop splitting the first "column":
Option Explicit
Sub Split_them()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("MySheet") ' << change to your sheet name
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim v
Dim a(): a = Array(0, 11, 16, 38) ' Fixed Widths (first item zero)
v = ws.Range("A1:C100")
For i = 1 To UBound(v, 1)
For j = 3 To 1 Step -1
v(i, j) = Mid(v(i, 1), a(j - 1) + 1, a(j) - a(j - 1))
Next j
Next i
' write back to sheet
ws.Range("A1:C100").Offset(0, 2) = v
End Sub
I'm writing a sub in VBA that is trying to look at each element in one array and see if it shows up in another array. The first array is in rows A2:A325 in Sheet A, and the second array is over 250,000 values. I keep getting a runtime error 9: subscript out of range. My code is below
Private Sub ICD_DRG_Converter()
Dim StudyDRG() As Variant
Dim StudyICD10() As Variant
Dim element As String
Dim lLastRow, i, j, k As Long
Dim ICD10Code As String
Worksheets("Accepted DRG's").Activate
ReDim StudyDRG(1 To 325) As Variant
StudyDRG = Range("A2:A325") 'Populate the study DRG's into an array for comparison
Worksheets("full_appendix_B").Activate
lLastRow = ActiveSheet.Cells(Rows.Count, "B").End(xlUp).Row 'get the last row of data for sizing our ICD 10 array
ReDim StudyICD10(1 To (lLastRow)) As Variant
StudyICD10 = Range("B2:B" & lLastRow)
'i = 0
For i = LBound(StudyICD10) To UBound(StudyICD10)
k = 1
For j = LBound(StudyDRG) To UBound(StudyDRG)
If StrComp(StudyICD10(i), StudyDRG(j), vbBinaryCompare) = 0 Then 'match between study DRG and ICD-10 DRG
Worksheets("full_appendix_B").Activate
ICD10Code = Range("A" & j).Value
Worksheets("Accepted ICD-10").Activate
Range("A" & k) = ICD10Code
k = k + 1
Exit For
End If
Next j
Next i
End Sub
The line that generates the error is:
If StrComp(StudyICD10(i), StudyDRG(j), vbBinaryCompare) = 0 Then
Any help on how to fix this would be appreciated. I've tried everything I know
When you use Range() to return a range of values into a variant array, the array is resized to match the range. So the results of
ReDim StudyDRG(1 To 325) As Variant
StudyDRG = Range("A2:A325")
is that studyDRG will have elements from 1 to 324, not 1 to 325.
Not only that, but Range() always returns a two dimensional array, even if there's only one column. So to refer to the element that corresponds to A2, you need to use StudyDRG(1,1), and A3 would be StudyDRG(1,2).
I hope this helps.
My VBA knowledge is very limited. I looked through the questions on StackOverflow and googled for a couple of days, but I couldn't find the solution to my problem.
So, I am working on an Excel macro. I have a range A3:H7136. Certain cells in column A have a value of 1; the rest are blank. Cells in columns D, E, F, G, H may be blank or may contain text or numbers.
What I am trying to do is take the range A3:H7136 and put the data into an array; exclude rows with blank A cells AND with blank D cells; convert to a "final" array, from where the data from columns 2, 4 and 8 will be pasted into ranges D309:D558, G309:G558, J309:J558 on another worksheet.
So far I've got the following:
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim RowArray() As Long
Dim my_array1 As Range
Dim my_array2 As Variant
Dim i As Integer
Set my_array1 = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("ETC").Range("A3:H7136")
my_array2 = my_array1.Value
For i = 1 To UBound(my_array2)
If my_array2(i, 1) = 1 And my_array2(i, 4) <> "" Then
RowArray(x) = i: x = x + 1
End If
Next i
Sheets("Allocation").Range("D309:D558") = Application.Index(my_array2, 1, Array(4))
Sheets("Allocation").Range("J309:J558") = Application.Index(my_array2, 1, Array(2))
End Sub
I stopped there because I realized that the code pastes #value! into the ranges on another worksheet. This code is "Frankenstein-ed" from several forums so it might look very weird to a professional. I need help getting the code to work. I also have several questions:
If the "final" array is 100% blank (which can happen), how do I get rid of #Value! on another worksheet?
In the last two rows it looks to me like I am using the original my-array2, and not the "final" filtered version of it. Should I declare the "final" array?
My paste range is only 250 rows; there is no way the number of non-blank rows in the array will ever exceed 250 rows, however, will that difference be a problem?
Thanks in advance!
A couple things:
RowArray's size was never declared so it would throw an out of bounds error.
You can use three array for the outputs in the loop then directly assign the arrays to the needed areas.
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim DArray() As Variant
Dim GArray() As Variant
Dim JArray() As Variant
Dim my_array2 As Variant
Dim i As Long, x As Long
Dim cnt As Long
cnt = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("ETC").Evaluate("COUNTIFS(A3:A7136,1,D3:D7136,""<>"")")
If cnt > 0 Then
ReDim DArray(1 To cnt, 1 To 1) As Variant
ReDim GArray(1 To cnt, 1 To 1) As Variant
ReDim JArray(1 To cnt, 1 To 1) As Variant
my_array2 = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("ETC").Range("A3:H7136").Value
x = 1
For i = 1 To UBound(my_array2)
If my_array2(i, 1) = 1 And my_array2(i, 4) <> "" Then
DArray(x, 1) = my_array2(i, 4)
GArray(x, 1) = my_array2(i, 4)
JArray(x, 1) = my_array2(i, 8)
x = x + 1
End If
Next i
Sheets("Allocation").Range("D309").Resize(UBound(DArray, 1), 1).Value = DArray
Sheets("Allocation").Range("G309").Resize(UBound(GArray, 1), 1).Value = GArray
Sheets("Allocation").Range("J309").Resize(UBound(JArray, 1), 1).Value = JArray
End If
End Sub
I'm using VB6 and I need to do a ReDim Preserve to a Multi-Dimensional Array:
Dim n, m As Integer
n = 1
m = 0
Dim arrCity() As String
ReDim arrCity(n, m)
n = n + 1
m = m + 1
ReDim Preserve arrCity(n, m)
Whenever I do it as I have written it, I get the following error:
runtime error 9: subscript out of range
Because I can only change the last array dimension, well in my task I have to change the whole array (2 dimensions in my example) !
Is there any workaround or another solution for this?
As you correctly point out, one can ReDim Preserve only the last dimension of an array (ReDim Statement on MSDN):
If you use the Preserve keyword, you can resize only the last array
dimension and you can't change the number of dimensions at all. For
example, if your array has only one dimension, you can resize that
dimension because it is the last and only dimension. However, if your
array has two or more dimensions, you can change the size of only the
last dimension and still preserve the contents of the array
Hence, the first issue to decide is whether 2-dimensional array is the best data structure for the job. Maybe, 1-dimensional array is a better fit as you need to do ReDim Preserve?
Another way is to use jagged array as per Pieter Geerkens's suggestion. There is no direct support for jagged arrays in VB6. One way to code "array of arrays" in VB6 is to declare an array of Variant and make each element an array of desired type (String in your case). Demo code is below.
Yet another option is to implement Preserve part on your own. For that you'll need to create a copy of data to be preserved and then fill redimensioned array with it.
Option Explicit
Public Sub TestMatrixResize()
Const MAX_D1 As Long = 2
Const MAX_D2 As Long = 3
Dim arr() As Variant
InitMatrix arr, MAX_D1, MAX_D2
PrintMatrix "Original array:", arr
ResizeMatrix arr, MAX_D1 + 1, MAX_D2 + 1
PrintMatrix "Resized array:", arr
End Sub
Private Sub InitMatrix(a() As Variant, n As Long, m As Long)
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim StringArray() As String
ReDim a(n)
For i = 0 To n
ReDim StringArray(m)
For j = 0 To m
StringArray(j) = i * (m + 1) + j
Next j
a(i) = StringArray
Next i
End Sub
Private Sub PrintMatrix(heading As String, a() As Variant)
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Dim s As String
Debug.Print heading
For i = 0 To UBound(a)
s = ""
For j = 0 To UBound(a(i))
s = s & a(i)(j) & "; "
Next j
Debug.Print s
Next i
End Sub
Private Sub ResizeMatrix(a() As Variant, n As Long, m As Long)
Dim i As Long
Dim StringArray() As String
ReDim Preserve a(n)
For i = 0 To n - 1
StringArray = a(i)
ReDim Preserve StringArray(m)
a(i) = StringArray
Next i
ReDim StringArray(m)
a(n) = StringArray
End Sub
Since VB6 is very similar to VBA, I think I might have a solution which does not require this much code to ReDim a 2-dimensional array - using Transpose, if you are working in Excel.
The solution (Excel VBA):
Dim n, m As Integer
n = 2
m = 1
Dim arrCity() As Variant
ReDim arrCity(1 To n, 1 To m)
m = m + 1
ReDim Preserve arrCity(1 To n, 1 To m)
arrCity = Application.Transpose(arrCity)
n = n + 1
ReDim Preserve arrCity(1 To m, 1 To n)
arrCity = Application.Transpose(arrCity)
What is different from OP's question: the lower bound of arrCity array is not 0, but 1. This is in order to let Application.Transpose do it's job.
Note that Transpose is a method of the Excel Application object (which in actuality is a shortcut to Application.WorksheetFunction.Transpose). And in VBA, one must take care when using Transpose as it has two significant limitations: If the array has more than 65536 elements, it will fail. If ANY element's length exceed 256 characters, it will fail. If neither of these is an issue, then Transpose will nicely convert the rank of an array form 1D to 2D or vice-versa.
Unfortunately there is nothing like 'Transpose' build into VB6.
In regards to this:
"in my task I have to change the whole array (2 dimensions"
Just use a "jagged" array (ie an array of arrays of values). Then you can change the dimensions as you wish. You can have a 1-D array of variants, and the variants can contain arrays.
A bit more work perhaps, but a solution.
I haven't tested every single one of these answers but you don't need to use complicated functions to accomplish this. It's so much easier than that! My code below will work in any office VBA application (Word, Access, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and is very simple. Hope this helps:
''Dimension 2 Arrays
Dim InnerArray(1 To 3) As Variant ''The inner is for storing each column value of the current row
Dim OuterArray() As Variant ''The outer is for storing each row in
Dim i As Byte
i = 1
Do While i <= 5
''Enlarging our outer array to store a/another row
ReDim Preserve OuterArray(1 To i)
''Loading the current row column data in
InnerArray(1) = "My First Column in Row " & i
InnerArray(2) = "My Second Column in Row " & i
InnerArray(3) = "My Third Column in Row " & i
''Loading the entire row into our array
OuterArray(i) = InnerArray
i = i + 1
Loop
''Example print out of the array to the Intermediate Window
Debug.Print OuterArray(1)(1)
Debug.Print OuterArray(1)(2)
Debug.Print OuterArray(2)(1)
Debug.Print OuterArray(2)(2)
I know this is a bit old but I think there might be a much simpler solution that requires no additional coding:
Instead of transposing, redimming and transposing again, and if we talk about a two dimensional array, why not just store the values transposed to begin with. In that case redim preserve actually increases the right (second) dimension from the start. Or in other words, to visualise it, why not store in two rows instead of two columns if only the nr of columns can be increased with redim preserve.
the indexes would than be 00-01, 01-11, 02-12, 03-13, 04-14, 05-15 ... 0 25-1 25 etcetera instead of 00-01, 10-11, 20-21, 30-31, 40-41 etcetera.
As long as there is only one dimension that needs to be redimmed-preserved the approach would still work: just put that dimension last.
As only the second (or last) dimension can be preserved while redimming, one could maybe argue that this is how arrays are supposed to be used to begin with.
I have not seen this solution anywhere so maybe I'm overlooking something?
(Posted earlier on similar question regarding two dimensions, extended answer here for more dimensions)
You can use a user defined type containing an array of strings which will be the inner array. Then you can use an array of this user defined type as your outer array.
Have a look at the following test project:
'1 form with:
' command button: name=Command1
' command button: name=Command2
Option Explicit
Private Type MyArray
strInner() As String
End Type
Private mudtOuter() As MyArray
Private Sub Command1_Click()
'change the dimensens of the outer array, and fill the extra elements with "1"
Dim intOuter As Integer
Dim intInner As Integer
Dim intOldOuter As Integer
intOldOuter = UBound(mudtOuter)
ReDim Preserve mudtOuter(intOldOuter + 2) As MyArray
For intOuter = intOldOuter + 1 To UBound(mudtOuter)
ReDim mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner(intOuter) As String
For intInner = 0 To UBound(mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner)
mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner(intInner) = "1"
Next intInner
Next intOuter
End Sub
Private Sub Command2_Click()
'change the dimensions of the middle inner array, and fill the extra elements with "2"
Dim intOuter As Integer
Dim intInner As Integer
Dim intOldInner As Integer
intOuter = UBound(mudtOuter) / 2
intOldInner = UBound(mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner)
ReDim Preserve mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner(intOldInner + 5) As String
For intInner = intOldInner + 1 To UBound(mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner)
mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner(intInner) = "2"
Next intInner
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Click()
'clear the form and print the outer,inner arrays
Dim intOuter As Integer
Dim intInner As Integer
Cls
For intOuter = 0 To UBound(mudtOuter)
For intInner = 0 To UBound(mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner)
Print CStr(intOuter) & "," & CStr(intInner) & " = " & mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner(intInner)
Next intInner
Print "" 'add an empty line between the outer array elements
Next intOuter
End Sub
Private Sub Form_Load()
'init the arrays
Dim intOuter As Integer
Dim intInner As Integer
ReDim mudtOuter(5) As MyArray
For intOuter = 0 To UBound(mudtOuter)
ReDim mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner(intOuter) As String
For intInner = 0 To UBound(mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner)
mudtOuter(intOuter).strInner(intInner) = CStr((intOuter + 1) * (intInner + 1))
Next intInner
Next intOuter
WindowState = vbMaximized
End Sub
Run the project, and click on the form to display the contents of the arrays.
Click on Command1 to enlarge the outer array, and click on the form again to show the results.
Click on Command2 to enlarge an inner array, and click on the form again to show the results.
Be careful though: when you redim the outer array, you also have to redim the inner arrays for all the new elements of the outer array
I stumbled across this question while hitting this road block myself. I ended up writing a piece of code real quick to handle this ReDim Preserve on a new sized array (first or last dimension). Maybe it will help others who face the same issue.
So for the usage, lets say you have your array originally set as MyArray(3,5), and you want to make the dimensions (first too!) larger, lets just say to MyArray(10,20). You would be used to doing something like this right?
ReDim Preserve MyArray(10,20) '<-- Returns Error
But unfortunately that returns an error because you tried to change the size of the first dimension. So with my function, you would just do something like this instead:
MyArray = ReDimPreserve(MyArray,10,20)
Now the array is larger, and the data is preserved. Your ReDim Preserve for a Multi-Dimension array is complete. :)
And last but not least, the miraculous function: ReDimPreserve()
'redim preserve both dimensions for a multidimension array *ONLY
Public Function ReDimPreserve(aArrayToPreserve,nNewFirstUBound,nNewLastUBound)
ReDimPreserve = False
'check if its in array first
If IsArray(aArrayToPreserve) Then
'create new array
ReDim aPreservedArray(nNewFirstUBound,nNewLastUBound)
'get old lBound/uBound
nOldFirstUBound = uBound(aArrayToPreserve,1)
nOldLastUBound = uBound(aArrayToPreserve,2)
'loop through first
For nFirst = lBound(aArrayToPreserve,1) to nNewFirstUBound
For nLast = lBound(aArrayToPreserve,2) to nNewLastUBound
'if its in range, then append to new array the same way
If nOldFirstUBound >= nFirst And nOldLastUBound >= nLast Then
aPreservedArray(nFirst,nLast) = aArrayToPreserve(nFirst,nLast)
End If
Next
Next
'return the array redimmed
If IsArray(aPreservedArray) Then ReDimPreserve = aPreservedArray
End If
End Function
I wrote this in like 20 minutes, so there's no guarantees. But if you would like to use or extend it, feel free. I would've thought that someone would've had some code like this up here already, well apparently not. So here ya go fellow gearheads.
This is more compact and respect the intial first position in array and just use the inital bound to add old value.
Public Sub ReDimPreserve(ByRef arr, ByVal size1 As Long, ByVal size2 As Long)
Dim arr2 As Variant
Dim x As Long, y As Long
'Check if it's an array first
If Not IsArray(arr) Then Exit Sub
'create new array with initial start
ReDim arr2(LBound(arr, 1) To size1, LBound(arr, 2) To size2)
'loop through first
For x = LBound(arr, 1) To UBound(arr, 1)
For y = LBound(arr, 2) To UBound(arr, 2)
'if its in range, then append to new array the same way
arr2(x, y) = arr(x, y)
Next
Next
'return byref
arr = arr2
End Sub
I call this sub with this line to resize the first dimension
ReDimPreserve arr2, UBound(arr2, 1) + 1, UBound(arr2, 2)
You can add an other test to verify if the initial size is not upper than new array. In my case it's not necessary
Easiest way to do this in VBA is to create a function that takes in an array, your new amount of rows, and new amount of columns.
Run the below function to copy in all of the old data back to the array after it has been resized.
function dynamic_preserve(array1, num_rows, num_cols)
dim array2 as variant
array2 = array1
reDim array1(1 to num_rows, 1 to num_cols)
for i = lbound(array2, 1) to ubound(array2, 2)
for j = lbound(array2,2) to ubound(array2,2)
array1(i,j) = array2(i,j)
next j
next i
dynamic_preserve = array1
end function
Function Redim2d(ByRef Mtx As Variant, ByVal QtyColumnToAdd As Integer)
ReDim Preserve Mtx(LBound(Mtx, 1) To UBound(Mtx, 1), LBound(Mtx, 2) To UBound(Mtx, 2) + QtyColumnToAdd)
End Function
'Main Code
sub Main ()
Call Redim2d(MtxR8Strat, 1) 'Add one column
end sub
'OR
sub main2()
QtyColumnToAdd = 1 'Add one column
ReDim Preserve Mtx(LBound(Mtx, 1) To UBound(Mtx, 1), LBound(Mtx, 2) To UBound(Mtx, 2) + QtyColumnToAdd)
end sub
If you not want include other function like 'ReDimPreserve' could use temporal matrix for resizing. On based to your code:
Dim n As Integer, m As Integer, i as Long, j as Long
Dim arrTemporal() as Variant
n = 1
m = 0
Dim arrCity() As String
ReDim arrCity(n, m)
n = n + 1
m = m + 1
'VBA automatically adapts the size of the receiving matrix.
arrTemporal = arrCity
ReDim arrCity(n, m)
'Loop for assign values to arrCity
For i = 1 To UBound(arrTemporal , 1)
For j = 1 To UBound(arrTemporal , 2)
arrCity(i, j) = arrTemporal (i, j)
Next
Next
If you not declare of type VBA assume that is Variant.
Dim n as Integer, m As Integer