extend selection to last used column vba

Question

Code :

Sub MyColumnSelect()
Dim myCurrentRow As Long
Dim myLastColumn As Long
myCurrentRow = ActiveCell.Row
myLastColumn = ActiveCell.SpecialCells(xlLastCell).Column
Range(ActiveCell, Cells(myCurrentRow, myLastColumn)).Select
End Sub

I need to extend my selection from any colum or any row to the last used column in the sheet. This code extends the selection to a particular column, in my case to column P . I don't know why is this the case but even if there are only 4 columns, it still extends the selection to column P .

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PS: I know I shouldn't use select , but I can't make it work even with select . Need Help.

Answer 1

Bit of googling would have absolutely yielded an answer. This is the most common way of retrieving the last actively used row

Shets("Sheetname").Cells(Rows.Count, <inColumn>).End(xlUp).Row

and column

Shets("Sheetname").Cells(<inRow>, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column

In your case, presuming your sheet is named " Sheet1 " it would be:

Dim lr as Long
Dim lc as Long
lr = Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row
lc = Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(4, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column

Obviously, if your column ranges vary, you should retrieve them in a loop (eg. loop through all the active rows)

For i = 3 to lr
   lc = Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column
   ' do something
Next i

Also, do absolutely read up on why you should not use Select , ActiveSheet and so on..

Answer 2

Try this:

Sub MyColumnSelect()

Dim myRow, myLastColumn As Long

 For myRow = 3 To ActiveSheet.Cells(Rows.Count, 2).End(xlUp).Row

  myLastColumn = ActiveSheet.Cells(myRow, Columns.Count).End(xlToLeft).Column

  ActiveSheet.Range(Cells(myRow, 1), Cells(myRow, myLastColumn)).Copy

 Next

End Sub

Answer 3

Ron de Bruin - Find last row, column or last cell show you how to find the last used column.

Sub MyColumnSelect()
    Dim myCurrentRow As Long
    Dim myLastColumn As Long
    myCurrentRow = ActiveCell.Row
    myLastColumn = Cells.Find(What:="*", After:=Cells(1, 1), _
                        Lookat:=xlPart, LookIn:=xlFormulas, SearchOrder:=xlByColumns, _
                        SearchDirection:=xlPrevious, MatchCase:=False).Column

    Range(ActiveCell, Cells(myCurrentRow, myLastColumn)).Select
End Sub

This also works. But beware that UsedRange can sometimes extend past the data do to non-continuous formatting.

  Intersect(ActiveCell.EntireRow, ActiveSheet.UsedRange).Select 

Addendum

As @Rawrplus pointed out using ActiveCell and Selection are bad habits and should be avoided. Watch: Excel VBA Introduction Part 5 - Selecting Cells (Range, Cells, Activecell, End, Offset)