I wanted to color highlight cells that are different from each other; in this case colA and colB. This function works for what I need, but looks repetitive, ugly, and inefficient. I'm not well versed in VBA coding; Is there a more elegant way of writing this function?
EDIT What I'm trying to get this function to do is: 1. highlight cells in ColA that are different or not in ColB 2. highlight cells in ColB that are different or not in ColA
Sub compare_cols()
Dim myRng As Range
Dim lastCell As Long
'Get the last row
Dim lastRow As Integer
lastRow = ActiveSheet.UsedRange.Rows.Count
'Debug.Print "Last Row is " & lastRow
Dim c As Range
Dim d As Range
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For Each c In Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A2:A" & lastRow).Cells
For Each d In Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B2:B" & lastRow).Cells
c.Interior.Color = vbRed
If (InStr(1, d, c, 1) > 0) Then
c.Interior.Color = vbWhite
Exit For
End If
Next
Next
For Each c In Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("B2:B" & lastRow).Cells
For Each d In Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("A2:A" & lastRow).Cells
c.Interior.Color = vbRed
If (InStr(1, d, c, 1) > 0) Then
c.Interior.Color = vbWhite
Exit For
End If
Next
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Ah yeah that's cake I do it all day long. Actually your code looks pretty much like the way I'd do it. Although, I opt to use looping through integers as opposed to using the "For Each" method. The only potential problems I can see with your code is that ActiveSheet may not always be "Sheet1", and also InStr has been known to give some issues regarding the vbTextCompare parameter. Using the given code, I would change it to the following:
Sub compare_cols()
'Get the last row
Dim Report As Worksheet
Dim i As Integer, j As Integer
Dim lastRow As Integer
Set Report = Excel.Worksheets("Sheet1") 'You could also use Excel.ActiveSheet _
if you always want this to run on the current sheet.
lastRow = Report.UsedRange.Rows.Count
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For i = 2 To lastRow
For j = 2 To lastRow
If Report.Cells(i, 1).Value <> "" Then 'This will omit blank cells at the end (in the event that the column lengths are not equal.
If InStr(1, Report.Cells(j, 2).Value, Report.Cells(i, 1).Value, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
'You may notice in the above instr statement, I have used vbTextCompare instead of its numerical value, _
I find this much more reliable.
Report.Cells(i, 1).Interior.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255) 'White background
Report.Cells(i, 1).Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0) 'Black font color
Exit For
Else
Report.Cells(i, 1).Interior.Color = RGB(156, 0, 6) 'Dark red background
Report.Cells(i, 1).Font.Color = RGB(255, 199, 206) 'Light red font color
End If
End If
Next j
Next i
'Now I use the same code for the second column, and just switch the column numbers.
For i = 2 To lastRow
For j = 2 To lastRow
If Report.Cells(i, 2).Value <> "" Then
If InStr(1, Report.Cells(j, 1).Value, Report.Cells(i, 2).Value, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
Report.Cells(i, 2).Interior.Color = RGB(255, 255, 255) 'White background
Report.Cells(i, 2).Font.Color = RGB(0, 0, 0) 'Black font color
Exit For
Else
Report.Cells(i, 2).Interior.Color = RGB(156, 0, 6) 'Dark red background
Report.Cells(i, 2).Font.Color = RGB(255, 199, 206) 'Light red font color
End If
End If
Next j
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Things I did differently:
Well that about sums it up. Good luck with your project!
'Compare the two columns and highlight the difference
Sub CompareandHighlight()
Dim n As Integer
Dim valE As Double
Dim valI As Double
Dim i As Integer
n = Worksheets("Indices").Range("E:E").Cells.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants).Count
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For i = 2 To n
valE = Worksheets("Indices").Range("E" & i).Value
valI = Worksheets("Indices").Range("I" & i).Value
If valE = valI Then
Else:
Worksheets("Indices").Range("E" & i).Font.Color = RGB(255, 0, 0)
End If
Next i
End Sub
' I hope this helps you
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