Copying/Pasting a line down with VBA

[mikec82]

In a sheet called "$2500-$4999" I have a range A1:P35 (16 rows). In columns O and P, there are two lines of text separated by a line break like this:

Column O	Column P
Michael Smith Matt Kennedy	Vice President President

<tbody>
</tbody>

I'm trying to come up with some VBA that will copy the entire row (A2:P2, for instance), insert a new row below, paste the text, and split the line breaks so one is now in each cell, like this:

Column O	Column P
Michael Smith	Vice President
Matt Kennedy

<tbody>
</tbody>

I'm working with the code at the bottom of this post, and am very close, but for some reason, everything works correctly, only Column O is not splitting correctly and looks like this:

Column O	Column P
Michael Smith Matt Kennedy (shouldn't appear here)	Vice President
Michael Smith (shouldn't appear here) Matt Kennedy	President

<tbody>
</tbody>

Would I need to do two seperate VBA macros? I am not sure what is wrong with the code - any ideas?


Sub ExpandIfBreak()
Sheets("$2500-$4999").Select
Dim lR As Long, R As Range, i As Long, n As Long, j As Long, ct As Long, V As Variant
lR = Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row
Set R = Range("A1:P35" & lR)
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
For i = R.Rows.Count To 1 Step -1
n = InStr(R.Rows(i).Cells(1, 7), Chr(10))
If n > 0 Then
ct = 0
For j = 1 To Len(R.Rows(i).Cells(1, 7))
If Mid(R.Rows(i).Cells(1, 7).Value, j, 1) = Chr(10) Then
ct = ct + 1
End If
Next j
j = 0
R.Rows(i).Offset(1, 0).Resize(ct).EntireRow.Insert
R.Rows(i).Resize(ct + 1).FillDown
V = Split(R.Rows(i).Cells(1, 7).Value, Chr(10))
For j = 0 To ct
R.Rows(i + j).Cells(1, 7).Value = V(j)
Next j
j = 0
End If
Next i
Sheets("Data").Select
End Sub

 

[skywriter]

It's difficult to help you without an actual file to use for testing.

Here's an example, maybe it will help you.

You can see the before and after below the code.

Sub SplitTest()
Dim a, j
    For Each j In Range("A1:B1")
        a = Split(j, Chr(10))
        j.Insert shift:=xlDown
        j.Offset(-1).Value = a(0): j.Value = a(1)
    Next j
End Sub

Before:

*	A	B
1	Michael Smith Matt Kennedy	Vice President President

<colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; "><col style="width:152.67px;"><col style="width:114.67px;"></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>

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After:

*	A	B
1	Michael Smith	Vice President
2	Matt Kennedy	President

<colgroup><col style="font-weight:bold; width:30px; "><col style="width:152.67px;"><col style="width:114.67px;"></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>

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