Macro for deleting cell value in excel

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Mouni369 Posts 4 Registration date Monday March 12, 2012 Status Member Last seen July 20, 2012 - Mar 12, 2012 at 01:18 AM
 Masbrow - Feb 11, 2016 at 10:58 PM
Hi,

We have a requirement to delete value in specific set of cells in excel using VBA script.

Eg: I need to delete d3:d4,e3:e4,g3:g4,h3:h4
and another set d9:d11,e9:e11,g9:g11,h9:h11.

sub delete

I am trying this way
sheets("sheet1").range("d3:e4).select
selection.clearcontents
sheets("sheet1").range("g3:h4).select
selection.clearcontents
.
.
.
.

end sub

But this way redundancy is seen. Can some one please help me in writing a better code.

Thanks,
Mouni873
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rizvisa1 Posts 4478 Registration date Thursday January 28, 2010 Status Contributor Last seen May 5, 2022 766
Mar 25, 2012 at 07:51 AM
Create a common routine and call that routine


'rowToClearStarting : first row in the range that needs to be cleared
'rowToClearEnding   : last row in the range that needs to be cleared
'Sample Call        : clearContents(4,6)
Public Sub clearContents(rowToClearStarting As Long, rowToClearEnding As Long)

   Sheets("sheet1").Range("d" & rowToClearStarting & ":d" & rowToClearEnding).clearContents
   Sheets("sheet1").Range("e" & rowToClearStarting & ":e" & rowToClearEnding).clearContents
   Sheets("sheet1").Range("g" & rowToClearStarting & ":g" & rowToClearEnding).clearContents
   Sheets("sheet1").Range("h" & rowToClearStarting & ":h" & rowToClearEnding).clearContents

End Sub
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Hi Rizvisa1,

Thanks for the reply.
Even this seems to be redundant... can't we specify the entire cells range and clear everything with single clearContents?

Just like range function which selects only one particular cell range, dont we have any other function.
Eg: A1:A5,B2:b8 both the ranges should be given in one particular function and we should be able to delete it .
Eg : sheets("sheet1").<function>("A1:A5","B2:B8").clearContents

Thanks,
Mouni873
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rizvisa1 Posts 4478 Registration date Thursday January 28, 2010 Status Contributor Last seen May 5, 2022 766
Mar 25, 2012 at 10:21 PM
Depends on what you want to do
One way would be

union(range("a1:c4"),range("b4:b6"),range("h4:h5")).clearcontents
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How to delete combined range and cell. E.g. I want to delete C6:E20 and G3.
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Thanks rizvisa1. This is what exactly I am looking for.
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