Converting a range into an Array

[geordieboyx]

I am trying to write a vba program which will read data from my spreadsheet and then write it to another application

I have a list of cells refering to ranges in different areas of my spreadsheet. The cells containing the ranges are formatted as text and take the form of =A1:B12

All ranges are in the same format with the first three rows being merged and the rest containing letters and their values example A4 = C, B4 = 20 and so on.

I need to put these values into a two dimentional array in VBA. The ranges are different in length.

I suspect the code might be simple but I can't find any refference to get me started with this

Geordieboy

 

[GlennUK]

How are you expecting the three merged rows to be stored ( or written to another application )?

 

[geordieboyx]

When reffering to the merged cell within the spreadsheet it has the ref of the first column so data stored in merged cells A1B1 is refered to as A1 so I thoght in an array it might be refered to as for example (1,1). In my forth row which begin unmerged cells would be refered to as (4,1) and (4,2) repectfully. Would I be on the right lines in assuming this?

 

[GlennUK]

Like this:

myarray = Range("A1:B10").Value

 

[Cindy Ellis]

Glenn,
I was trying to do essentially the same thing today...when I used the approach you proposed I got the error "Cannot assign to array". The help text said that each element had to be assigned individually, but I also seem to remember being able to assign the values in a range to the elements of an array without doing it individually. Is there something I missed?
Thanks,
Cindy

 

[GlennUK]

Hi Cindy,

can you show all of your code please? It may be that you are doing something that's preventing the assignment.

 

[Rasm]

It puts it in aa array like shown below - you can see it all under

view -Local watch point

I wrote it out so it is very clear- but insert a breakpoint and the view Local variables.

Public Sub ArrayFromRange()
    Dim MyArray()
    MyArray = ActiveSheet.Range("B6:B12").Value
    
 
    MyArray(1, 1) = MyArray(1, 1) 'Remove
    MyArray(2, 1) = MyArray(2, 1) 'remove
    Stop'remove

End Sub

 

[VoG]

Glenn,
I was trying to do essentially the same thing today...when I used the approach you proposed I got the error "Cannot assign to array". The help text said that each element had to be assigned individually, but I also seem to remember being able to assign the values in a range to the elements of an array without doing it individually. Is there something I missed?
Thanks,
Cindy

The trick is not to dimension the array in advance. A simple example

Sub ArryTest()
Dim Myarray
Dim i As Long, j As Long
Myarray = Range("A1:B10")
For i = 1 To 10
    For j = 1 To 2
        Cells(i, j).Offset(, 2).Value = Myarray(i, j)
    Next j
Next i
End Sub

 

[Cindy Ellis]

Thanks everyone. Not dimensioning the array ahead of time solved my problem. (Not sure about the one from the original poster though.)