add the same number until it exceeds another and return that number vba

[Sotos13]

Hello everyone

I'm new in vba and try to figure out some stuff. I have a two columns in excel and i want to compare each number , for example A1 with B1. A2 with B2 etc..
If A1 is smaller than B1 return in cell C1 the B1. If not add the number in B1 as many times until it is bigger than A1.

1	8	10
2	45	25
3	14	4

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in line 1 the answer is 8<10 = 10, line 2 the answer is 25+25 = 50,line 3 the answer is 4+4+4+4 = 16.

So i started like this but i cant figure out how to proceed..
Dim qAnswer As Integer
qAnswer = 2
If Cells(qAnswer, 1).Value < Cells(qAnswer, 2).Value And Not IsEmpty(Cells(qAnswer, 1).Value) Then
Cells(qAnswer, 3) = Cells(qAnswer, 2).Value
Else

Any suggestions?
Thanks

 

[Sotos13]

Thank you Scott. Indeed it works! i don't know what the problem was before.
Really nice work

 

[Scott T]

You're welcome

 

[Sotos13]

Hi Misca
i get a Run time error '13' type mismatch

 

[Sotos13]

i will probably post some more within the next days because it's not that easy for me now in the beginning. i hope you'll see them.
thanks again

 

[Misca]

Sounds like you have headers above your values. So far you've said your values start from A1.

There's an easy fix for this: Set the Rng to start from cells(2,1)

 

[Marcelo Branco]

If anyone is interested in a solution with formulas, maybe

	A​	B​	C​
1​	8​	10​	10​
2​	45​	25​	50​
3​	14​	8​	16​
4​	34​	2​	36​
5​	16​	12​	24​
6​	25​	16​	32​
7​	22​	10​	30​
8​	36​	4​	40​
9​	6​	12​	12​
10​	48​	8​	56​
11​	50​	2​	52​
12​	10​	8​	16​
13​	20​	10​	30​
14​	11​	6​	12​
15​	48​	10​	50​
16​	16​	5​	20​
17​	17​	8​	24​
18​	7​	18​	18​

Formula in C1 copied down
=IF(B1>A1,B1,CEILING(A1+1,B1))

M.

 

[Sotos13]

thank you Marcello..It works also like this!!!
but for some numbers it returns a higher number for example 50 and 2 and returns 52 not 50

 

[Marcelo Branco]

thank you Marcello..It works also like this!!!
but for some numbers it returns a higher number for example 50 and 2 and returns 52 not 50

If A1 is smaller than B1 return in cell C1 the B1. If not add the number in B1 as many times until it is bigger than A1.

I thought you wanted the result always greater than column A, not greater or equal.

If column C equal to column A is acceptable, then change the formula to C1 for simply ..
=IF(B1>A1,B1,CEILING(A1,B1))
and copy down

M.