Blank Lines in CSV

[caass]

Hey everyone!

I have a csv that I am trying to clean in excel using VBA. If I open the file in notepad, it contains thousands of blank lines after my data ends which shouldn't be there. I want to flag the data and possibly automate deleting these rows in excel (amongst other data cleaning issues).

When I open in excel, there is only 900 rows of actual data. The problem is when I go to write the VBA, any formula I use to count the total number of rows is giving me 900 so I cannot figure out how to detect these extra rows using code.

If I go in manually and select the last row and ctrl+shft+down arrow and then delete, it then deletes the rows and shows that change in notepad. Is this just a problem because it is a csv? Is this an impossible task to automate?

 

[antman2988]

You can handle it yourself by simple opening the file and resaving it as csv.
Since just opening it in excel is removing the blank rows, when you resave it they won't be there.

We could write a macro to do it but the longest part of the process is just navigating to the folder and selecting the file.
If you have some parameters that would allow the macro to pick the right file or do all files in a folder, then you may save some time.

These are not solutions though. You really don't want excel in the middle of what should be an automated job ie Source database ----> Production system.
It really does need to be fixed at the source.

I agree. It seems like it would be a simple issue of fixing the export to CSV script for the database. He should definitely contact whoever is in charge of administrating the database.