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Reputation: 1276

EXCEL VBA Filter user input

MY inputbox allow user to input a value into a cell. Therefore I wish to filter some input like =SUM(A:A) and ' which will show nothing, and other formula or possibly entry that will affect the actual value. Thanks in advance.

Private Sub testInputBox_Click()
    Dim x As String
    Dim y As String
    Dim yDefault As String
    Dim found As Range

    x = InputBox("Enter Parts No.", "Edit Description")

    If (x <> "") Then
        If (WorksheetFunction.CountIf(Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("E2:E27"), x) > 0) Then
            Set found = Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("E2:E27").Find(x, LookIn:=xlValues)
            yDefault = found.Offset(0, 1).Text
            y = InputBox("Amend Description", "Edit Description", yDefault)
        Else
            MsgBox ("Not found!")
        End If

        If (y <> "") Then 'Filter should be done here
            If MsgBox("Proceed to edit?", vbYesNo, "Confirmation") = vbNo Then
            Else
                found.Offset(0, 1).Value = CStr(y)
            End If

        End If
    End If
End Sub

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1216

Answers (1)

Kazimierz Jawor
Kazimierz Jawor

Reputation: 19077

You could use different attempts to filter some or all required values. Keep in mind that you y variable is string type. Therefore here are some of ideas with some comments:

'tests for starting characters
If y <> "'" And y <> "=" Then
    'test for formulas
    If UCase(Left(y, 4)) <> "=SUM" Then
        'test for any string within other string
        If InStr(1, y, "sum", vbTextCompare) = 0 Then
            '...here your code
        End If
    End If
End If

you could combine them all into one if...then statement using and or or operators.

Upvotes: 1

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