Microsoft KB Archive/110759

= Visual Basic Example to Delete Blank Rows =

Article ID: 110759

Article Last Modified on 6/11/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Excel 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q110759



SUMMARY
The following Visual Basic code locates blank cells within a range and deletes the entire row that contains that cell. The code brings up a dialog box that prompts the user for the total number of rows to process. The macro begins at the active cell and moves down the specified number of rows.



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Visual Basic Example
' The following code deletes blank rows from the active worksheet.

Dim Counter Dim i As Integer

Sub DelRow

' Input box to determine the total number of rows in the worksheet. Counter = InputBox("Enter the total number of rows to process") Activecell.Select ' Loops through the desired number of rows. For i = 1 To Counter ' Checks to see if the active cell is blank. If ActiveCell = "" Then Selection.EntireRow.Delete

' Decrements count each time a row is deleted. This ensures ' that the macro will not run past the last row. Counter = Counter - 1 Else ' Selects the next cell. ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select End If

Next i

End Sub NOTE: you can also delete lines that contain spaces or other non- display characters. To do so, change the line that reads

If ActiveCell = "" Then

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If Len(Trim(ActiveCell)) = 0 Then

Additional query words: XL 8.00 97

Keywords: kbprogramming KB110759

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