Application or object defined error

[Raj]

Hi,

When I run the following code, I am getting the Application or object
defined error. The second line is a single line in my code. The VBE
highlights the portion after "Then" in the second line.

Sub Cleancolumn1()
For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(Rows.Count,
14).End(xlUp).Row
If Left(Cells(i, 14), 1) = "'" Then
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 14) = Right(Cells(i, 14),
Len(Cells(i, 14)) - 1)
Next i
End Sub

What is going wrong?

Thanks in advance for the help.

Regards,
Raj

 

[ozgrid.com]

Hi Raj

Do you mean?

Sub Cleancolumn1()
With ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
For i = 1 To .Cells(Rows.Count, 14).End(xlUp).Row
If Left(.Cells(i, 14), 1) = "'" Then
.Cells(i, 14) = Right(.Cells(i, 14), Len(.Cells(i, 14)) - 1)
End If
Next i
End With
End Sub

 

[Raj]

Yes. But the error again occurred again. This time the line above the
End If was highlighted in yellow with the same error code displayed.

Regards,
Raj

 

[ozgrid.com]

Do you have a "Sheet1" tab name in "Thisworkbook"?



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Regards
Dave Hawley
www.ozgrid.com
Yes. But the error again occurred again. This time the line above the
End If was highlighted in yellow with the same error code displayed.

Regards,
Raj

 

[Raj]

Thanks, Dave, for the quick response. I do have a Sheet1 in the
workbook. To help trouble-shoot the problem I rewrote the code as
follows:
Sub cleancolumn3()
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim rsplen As Long
Dim rspstring As String
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1")
For i = 1 To ws.Cells(Rows.Count, 14).End(xlUp).Row
If Left(ws.Cells(i, 14), 1) = "'" Then rsplen = Len(ws.Cells(i, 14)) -
1: rspstring = Right(ws.Cells(i, 14), rsplen): ws.Cells(i, 14) =
rspstring
Next i
End Sub

The last statement in the If line viz. "ws.Cells(i,14) = rspstring" is
highlighted when I debug the Application Defined or Object Defined
error. The problem seems to be assigning the string to the cell
value.

Any other way to do this?

Regards,
Raj

 

[Project Mangler]

Raj,

I can't duplicate your error here, the code works OK if I try to detect a
haracter other than "'" .

I'm wondering how you are going to detect a single quote at the start of a
string? e.g.

If Left(Cells(i, 4), 1) = "'" Then
MsgBox "Apostrophe!"
Else
MsgBox "No Apostrophe!"
End If

The above line copied from your post gives me No Apostrophe.

In a cell containing the string 'Length I get a Len() of 6.

DB

 

[Raj]

Maybe this information will throw light on the underlying problem and
also help me with a solution:

Column 14 which is being cleaned has some cells beginning with an
apostrophe and an = sign. eg. '=KKRRNN
This has been done obviously because without the apostrophe Excel
treats the string as a formula and shows a Name error because it does
not understand the gibberish following the equal to sign.
The code was written to remove the apostrophe where one existed. I am
wondering whether the problem is occurring because string without the
apostrophe becomes a formula.

Please examine and also let me know any other way to get rid of the
leading apostrophe in a string in a cell.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Raj

 

[Raj]

Maybe this information will throw light on the underlying problem and
also help me with a solution:

Column 14 which is being cleaned has some cells beginning with an
apostrophe and an = sign. eg. '=KKRRNN
This has been done obviously because without the apostrophe Excel
treats the string as a formula and shows a Name error because it does
not understand the gibberish following the equal to sign.
The code was written to remove the apostrophe where one existed. I am
wondering whether the problem is occurring because string without the
apostrophe becomes a formula.

Please examine and also let me know any other way to get rid of the
leading apostrophe in a string in a cell.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Raj

 

[Project Mangler]

Raj,

I see the point of the single quote.

If you remove it and paste the truncated string back into the cell you will
get the name error again? Is this what you are trying to achieve or should
you remove the = as well?

DB


Maybe this information will throw light on the underlying problem and
also help me with a solution:

Column 14 which is being cleaned has some cells beginning with an
apostrophe and an = sign. eg. '=KKRRNN
This has been done obviously because without the apostrophe Excel
treats the string as a formula and shows a Name error because it does
not understand the gibberish following the equal to sign.
The code was written to remove the apostrophe where one existed. I am
wondering whether the problem is occurring because string without the
apostrophe becomes a formula.

Please examine and also let me know any other way to get rid of the
leading apostrophe in a string in a cell.

Thanks in Advance.

Regards,
Raj

 

[Raj]

I want to remove the apostrophe but retain the =

Regards,
Raj

 

[Project Mangler]

Raj,

I'm till not sure what your target cell should look like but here are two
ideas:

Remove the single quote, retain the = but accept #NAME errors:
Sub Cleancolumn1()
For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells _
(Rows.Count, 14).End(xlUp).Row
Cells(i, 14) = Cells(i, 14).Value
Next i
End Sub


Remove the single quote, retain =, display without name error:
This means for a string like '123 yiu will end up with ="123"
I have no idea if this is acceptable.

Sub Cleancolumn2()
Dim A As String
Dim B As Long
For i = 1 To ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells _
(Rows.Count, 14).End(xlUp).Row
A = Cells(i, 14)
B = Len(A)
Select Case B
Case 0
'do nothing
Case 1
'paste whatever is there
Cells(i, 14) = Cells(i, 14).Value
Case Is >= 2
If Left(Cells(i, 14), 1) = "=" Then
A = Right(Cells(i, 14), B - 1)
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 14) = "=" & A
ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(i, 14) = "=" & Chr(34) & A & Chr(34)
Else
Cells(i, 14) = Cells(i, 14).Value
End If
End Select
Next i
End Sub





I want to remove the apostrophe but retain the =

Regards,
Raj