updating values macro problem

[P5X]

I am trying to update the value of a cell if it matches the value in another cell:

Sub update()
Range("J18,J20,J22").Copy
Do Until ActiveCell.Value = ""
If ActiveCell.Value = Range("J18") Then
ActiveCell.PasteSpecial _
Transpose:=True
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate
End If
Loop
End Sub

It works if I dont use the "Do until" loop but without the loop it isn't much use.
If I use the loop then it carries on repeating itself, its probably a simple problem but which part of the code needs adjustment?
Thanks

[Russell Hauf]

On 2002-02-28 15:00, P5X wrote:
I am trying to update the value of a cell if it matches the value in another cell:

Sub update()
Range("J18,J20,J22").Copy
Do Until ActiveCell.Value = ""
If ActiveCell.Value = Range("J18") Then
ActiveCell.PasteSpecial _
Transpose:=True
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate
End If
Loop
End Sub

It works if I dont use the "Do until" loop but without the loop it isn't much use.
If I use the loop then it carries on repeating itself, its probably a simple problem but which part of the code needs adjustment?
Thanks

You have to either make sure that you have the correct cell selected before you start your macro, or select it w/in the code itself, something like this:

Cells(1,1).Select
' or
Range("A1").Select

Hope this helps,

Russell

[P5X]

Yeah, I haven't put that into the code yet as i'm just testing it so i'm manually selecting the start cell but it doesn't seem to work, once it finds the matching cell it pastes the required data into it again and again...and again

[gplhl]

Sub update()
Range("J18,J20,J22").Copy
Do Until ActiveCell.Value = ""
If ActiveCell.Value = Range("J18") Then
ActiveCell.PasteSpecial _
Transpose:=True
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate
End If
Loop
End Sub

Where you have ActiveCell.Offset(1,0).Activate this moves the cell down one if the cell doesn't match your requirements.

You don't have this in the part if it does match your requirements, so I guess when it gets to a cell that is true then it will keep pasting over the same cell, try:

Sub update()
Range("J18,J20,J22").Copy
Do Until ActiveCell.Value = ""
If ActiveCell.Value = Range("J18") Then
ActiveCell.PasteSpecial _
Transpose:=True
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate ' This moves down one row.
Else
ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Activate
End If
Loop
End Sub

Make sure that after pasting the offset is putting you back into an Activecell in the right place, i.e. column and row.

[P5X]

Thanks, that was what was wrong with it