Thank you, Jayaraju.M! Your code works great! Thank you again, I
appreciate you help.
The Best,
MikeB
On Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 3:09:44 AM UTC-5, Jayaraju Metta wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
> Below is the code to find string and paste it into desired cell.
> Please find the attached excel file.
>
> 'Code was written by Jayaraju Metta
> Sub matchsting()
> i = 1
> While (ThisWorkbook.Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 1).Value <> "")
>
> ColoumnAstring = Left(Trim(Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 1).Value), 5)
> ColomnCstring = Left(Trim(Sheets("Sheet4").Cells(i, 3).Value), 5)
> If ColoumnAstring = ColomnCstring Then
> Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 2).Clear
> Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 2).Value = Sheets("Sheet4").Cells(i, 3).Value
> ActiveSheet.Columns.AutoFit
> Else
> Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 2).Clear
> Sheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 2).Interior.Color = "255,0,0"
> End If
> i = i + 1
> Wend
> MsgBox ("Done Successfully")
> ThisWorkbook.Save
> ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Activate
>
> End Sub
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Mike B <mike...@gmail.com <javascript:>>
> wrote:
> > I would appreciate any help with the following. I have a column "A" of
> data
> > containing shortened names in sheet 1 and another column "C" containing
> the
> > same names but in a much longer version on sheet 4; I was thinking that
> > perhaps I could somehow use the first five characters of the short name
> in
> > column "A" of sheet 1 to find the first five characters in column "C"
> sheet
> > 4 of the longer names and copy the longer names and paste them in column
> "B"
> > of sheet 1. Does anyone know if this can be done? I am new to VBA and
> > struggling with how to go about it if it is possible and to what code to
> > use. Thank you for any help.
> >
> > MikeB
> >
> >
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