There are lots of way to get the last row and last column with data. A popular way to get the last row with data in, for example, is this:. This code first goes to the very last row in Excel, no matter which version you have older versions of Excel have fewer rows than later versions. It then goes back up to find the last cell in column A that has something in it. A similar technique is used to find the last column with data. This refers to any range in your active worksheet with data in it.
The inbuilt SpecialCells is then used. This gets you the last cell with data. After a dot, you can type either Row or Column , depending on which last cell you want. We're almost ready to start writing the code. To actually open a text file for writing, though, you need this:. This is the same as before, except for the use of the keyword Output.
VBA will then try to open up your file. If a file of the one named in FilePath doesn't exist it will be created for you. If the file does exist then it will be overwritten. If you want the new contents to be added to the end of your file then you would use Append instead of Output.
After the word Write you type your file number. After a comma, you need the contents you wish to write to the file. Create a new Sub and call it WriteTextFile. Add the following four variables to your new Sub:. This points to a file called auth. If there is no such file then VBA will create one for us. Notice that the file number at the end, 2.
A CSV file Comma Separated Value is one where the items on each line are separated by commas, and the line itself ends in a carriage return pressing the Enter key on your keyboard.
They look like this:. If your file has comma separated values, you can save it with the ending in. Files ending in csv are, however, a common format, and we'll stick with those types of files. If a file has each item on a line separated with the Tab character then it is said to be a TXT file. You can, of course, open a text file straight from Excel.
This would then bring up the Text Import Wizard. However, as a VBA programmer, it's nice to know how to do it yourself. Plus, you can do things by manipulating the text file yourself that you can't do with the Wizard. What we're going to do is to open up the above CSV file and place the ISBN in the A column, rather than in the last column as we have it at the moment.
To follow along with this lesson, you can download the file by clicking the link below. Right-click the link and save it to your computer. Remember the location where you save this file to. In Excel, create a new blank workbook. Click the A column and format it as Text. This is because our ISBN is in the number format in the text file. Now open up your VBA Editor to get at the coding window. Create a new Sub and call it OpenTextFile. As the first line of your code, add the following:. We now need the location of our authors.
We placed ours in the Documents folder Windows 7. Because it's in the Documents folder, we can use the built-in Application. The default file path is the Documents folder. We then only need to add on the file name, preceded by a backslash:. But amend your own file path to point to where you saved your authors. To open a file, you start with the word Open. Append - used for adding data to an already existing file Output - used to write to a file Input - used to read a file Binary - used to read or write data in byte format Random - used to place characters in a buffer of a set size.
When you place a question try to add a minimum content: input sample, expected output sample, what did you try, research and where are you stuck. What did you try? Show it. Did you try what I suggested? I tried it. I added the result back to the main body above. It caused the file to close and gave me an error. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Amitsas1 Amitsas1 63 6 6 bronze badges. I ended up using the below since no other answer on here worked. W-hit W-hit 1 1 silver badge 12 12 bronze badges.
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