I have column C with the following structure:
[blank cell]
item1.1
item1.2
item1.3
Find1
[blank cell]
item2.1
item2.2
Find2
[blank cell]
item3.1
item3.2
item3.3
Find3
[blank cell]
and so on...
I am looking for a macro that finds let's say "Find2" and then adds all items above "Find2" (until the first blank cell is reached) to a dynamic VBA array. In this example, the array will have item2.1 and item2.2. Any help would be much appreciated.
Something like this should work for you. It's a relatively simple task, most of the code here is just error checking.
Sub tgr()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim rFindText As Range
Dim rFindBlank As Range
Dim rData As Range
Dim aData() As Variant
Dim sSearchCol As String
Dim sFind As String
Dim vData As Variant
'Adjust these variables to suit your needs
Set ws = ActiveWorkbook.ActiveSheet
sSearchCol = "C"
sFind = "Find4"
'Find the text you're looking for
Set rFindText = ws.Columns(sSearchCol).Find(sFind, ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, sSearchCol), xlValues, xlWhole, , xlNext)
If rFindText Is Nothing Then
'Text not actually found, error out
MsgBox "No cell found to have [" & sFind & "]", , "Error"
Exit Sub
ElseIf rFindText.Row = 1 Then
'Text found, but it's in row 1 so it can't have any data above it, error out
MsgBox "[" & sFind & "] found but there is no data for it.", , "Error"
Exit Sub
End If
'Text found and it's not in row 1, now find the first blank cell above the found text
Set rFindBlank = ws.Range(sSearchCol & 1, rFindText).Find(vbNullString, rFindText, xlValues, xlWhole, , xlPrevious)
If rFindBlank Is Nothing Then
'No blank row found above it, assume the data starts at row 1 and set your data range
Set rData = ws.Range(sSearchCol & 1, rFindText.Offset(-1))
ElseIf rFindBlank.Row + 1 = rFindText.Row Then
'Blank cell found, but it's immediately above the found text, so there's no data; error out
MsgBox "[" & sFind & "] found but there is no data for it.", , "Error"
Exit Sub
Else
'Blank cell found and it's not immediately above the found text, set your data range
Set rData = ws.Range(rFindBlank.Offset(1), rFindText.Offset(-1))
End If
'To avoid an error populating the array, check if the data range is only a single cell
If rData.Cells.Count = 1 Then
'Data is a single cell, need to redim and then populate array
ReDim aData(1 To 1, 1 To 1)
aData(1, 1) = rData.Value
Else
'Data is more than one cell, can populate array directly
aData = rData.Value
End If
'Array now populated with the desired data, do something with it here
For Each vData In aData
MsgBox vData
Next vData
End Sub
Findto find your expected value, then set your range and assign it to an array