Macro for deleting cell value in excel

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Mouni369 Posts 4 Registration date Monday 12 March 2012 Status Member Last seen 20 July 2012 - 12 Mar 2012 à 01:18
 Masbrow - 11 Feb 2016 à 22:58
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 28 January 2010 Status Contributor Last seen 5 May 2022 766
25 Mar 2012 à 07:51
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
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
rizvisa1 Posts 4478 Registration date Thursday 28 January 2010 Status Contributor Last seen 5 May 2022 766
25 Mar 2012 à 22:21
Depends on what you want to do
One way would be

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