Hi,
I am struggling to create a macro that can copy an excel range of data (A1:B50) from sheet 1 and paste into sheet 2 for 4000 times. Currently, sheet 2 contains a column of data with 4000 rows. Hence, i am trying to insert and paste (A1:B50) from sheet 1 into each row in sheet 2. it should visually look like this:
Sheet 1(A1:B50)
1 Cat
2 Dog
.
.
.
49 Bird
Sheet 2
Row# Name
1 Mr Tom
2 Mr Pat
.
.
.
4000 Ms Mary
The final version should be
Sheet 2
# Name
Row1 Mr Tom
1 Cat
2 Dog
.
.
.
49 Bird
Sub RunMe()
Dim mCount, mRow As Integer
mRow = 2
Do
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A1:B5").Copy
Sheets("Sheet2").Range(Cells(mRow, "A"), Cells(mRow, "B")).Insert shift:=xlDown
mRow = mRow + 6
mCount = mCount + 1
Loop Until mCount = 4
End Sub
Will change the data on Sheet2 into:
1 Tom
1 Cat
2 Dog
3 Mouse
4 Lion
My result looks like this in sheet 2:
1 Cat
2 Dog
3 Mouse
4 Lion
.
.
.
40 Lion
pasted 10 times(1-40) Then the next row had the following below
41 Tom
42 Pat
43 Mike
44 Hank
Cat, Dog, Mouse and Lion were not pasted in between Tom, Pat, Mike and Hank. The actual data that i copied had 3 columns and 47 rows that is why i made mRow= mRow + 47. Was i wrong to do this?
My guess would be that your Sheet2 has a header. Row 2 would then be your first row of data which is pushed down. So change "mRow = 2" into "mRow = 3", if that is the case.
Your inserted data will start at row 3 and contains 47 rows. Your second row of data of Sheet2 (before you ran the code) will now be at row 50. So you want to insert at row 51. mRow was 3 and now needs to be 51 so change "mRow = mRow +47" into "mRow = mRow +48".
The amount of copied columns doesn't matter. You can even change:
"Sheets("Sheet2").Range(Cells(mRow, "A"), Cells(mRow, "B")).Insert shift:=xlDown"
into:
"Sheets("Sheet2").Cells(mRow, "A").Insert shift:=xlDown"
As Excel adjust the inserted range to match the copied range.
Hi TrowaD, the code worked! Thanks. I am curious. what if i want to copy and paste 1000 times not 10 times, can i still use the same code? so Loop Until mCount = 1000
If you are, then RECORD A MACRO WITH A CUT AND PASTE OF THE DATA YOU WANT, AND LOOP IT. Then go into the macro and edit it to do what you want!
Make certian to initialize a variable for the CURRENTROW, as you will need to paste starting at a different point each time. Start with that, and we build from there!!!!
This is the easiest way to learn, because we can post some code, that you will fail to deploy, because you dont quite understand what the code does. This way! You will watch it grow, as we assist you with the changes!
This is how the code looks when i combine yours with the recorded macro. I keep getting an error 1004 saying select method of range failed. Is something missing in the code? thanks.
Sub Copy_3()
Dim thecount
Dim theendcount
theendcount = 10
For thecount = 0 To theendcount
Worksheets("Sheet2").Range("A2:C48").Select
Application.CutCopyMode = False
Selection.Copy
Sheets("Sheet3").Select
Rows("3:3").Select
Selection.Insert Shift:=xlDown
Next
End Sub
Btw, once this loop has completed once it will just diplicate it ten more times. You have keep track of the count and advance the rows by a multiple of the count
Do you continue to get run time error? Do you know how to trap errors? Make msgbox, after making a variable, so that you can see what the variable is, and click through while developing.
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I did use your code but instead i got the reverse result in sheet 2. Here is the code
Sub RunMe()
Dim mCount, mRow As Integer
mRow = 2
Do
Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2:C48").Copy
Sheets("Sheet2").Range(Cells(mRow, "A"), Cells(mRow, "B")).Insert shift:=xlDown
mRow = mRow + 47
mCount = mCount + 1
Loop Until mCount = 10
End Sub
My result looks like this in sheet 2:
1 Cat
2 Dog
3 Mouse
4 Lion
.
.
.
40 Lion
pasted 10 times(1-40) Then the next row had the following below
41 Tom
42 Pat
43 Mike
44 Hank
Cat, Dog, Mouse and Lion were not pasted in between Tom, Pat, Mike and Hank. The actual data that i copied had 3 columns and 47 rows that is why i made mRow= mRow + 47. Was i wrong to do this?
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396My guess would be that your Sheet2 has a header. Row 2 would then be your first row of data which is pushed down. So change "mRow = 2" into "mRow = 3", if that is the case.
Your inserted data will start at row 3 and contains 47 rows. Your second row of data of Sheet2 (before you ran the code) will now be at row 50. So you want to insert at row 51. mRow was 3 and now needs to be 51 so change "mRow = mRow +47" into "mRow = mRow +48".
The amount of copied columns doesn't matter. You can even change:
"Sheets("Sheet2").Range(Cells(mRow, "A"), Cells(mRow, "B")).Insert shift:=xlDown"
into:
"Sheets("Sheet2").Cells(mRow, "A").Insert shift:=xlDown"
As Excel adjust the inserted range to match the copied range.
Do you get the correct result now?
Best regards,
Trowa
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