Macro Question: IF statements between multiple files

DaltonDub

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Hi all,

I am creating a macro that does a couple things that should in theory be easy to do, but, nonetheless is far beyond my very basic experience with VBA code.
The objective is to copy parts of a row from file 1 and paste them to Excel file 2 IF the date matches a given date on the second file.
The macro would need to perform an IF statement on every row on file 1.
I have figured out how the copy and pasting portion but need to figure out:
-how to set up the IF statement to reference another file
-how to apply said if statement to every row with data.

I am hoping I can get an example of the VBA code needed, and if not just learn a bit more about how I can accomplish my desired result.

Thanks,

Dalton
 

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You might be able to work with this. My comments in green explain what the code is doing and what you need to do.

Example:

VBA Code:
Sub t()
Dim sh1 As Worksheet, sh2 As Worksheet, c As Range  'Declare variables for sheets and cell that changes row location.
Set sh1 = Workbooks(1).Sheets(1)  'Here you substitute names enclosed in quotation marks for each (1).
Set sh2 = Workbooks(2).Sheets(1)  'Same thing
    For Each c In sh1.Range("A2", sh1.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp)) 'Initialize a For Each loop
        'This above statement starts the loop that will walk down the rows, and it inializes the
        'c variable which will be a cell in column A, changing on each iteration of the loop.
        'The statement simultaneously finds the last row with data to for the limit of the loop.
        If c.Value = sh2.Range("A2").Value Then 'this is where you would compare the dates.
            'I used arbitrary locations on the sheets for the dates, but you can change that.
            MsgBox "Dates match"
        Else
            MsgBox "Dates do not match"
        End If
        'The message boxes are fillers in this example.  In actual code you would have a statement
        'that executes an action based on the outcome of the date comparison.
    Next  'This increments the loop to the next iteration until the end of the data in column A.
End Sub
 
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Thank you so much @JLGWhiz!

Unsurprisingly I still don't have it working. I am having trouble figuring out how to copy and paste whichever row the macro is looking.
I am sure there are still lots of issues with the code. But it's exciting to make progress!

VBA Code:
Sub Copy_Paste_IF()
Dim sh1 As Worksheet, sh2 As Worksheet, c As Range
Set sh1 = Workbooks("Step 1").Sheets("Sheet1")
Set sh2 = Workbooks("Step 2").Sheets("AP Input")
    For Each c In sh1.Range("Q2", sh1.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp))
        If c.Value = sh2.Range("H6").Value Then
            Workbooks("Step 1.xlsx").Worksheets("Sheet1").Range("J2:Z2").Copy
            Rows(6).Insert
            Workbooks("Step 2.xlsx").Worksheets("AP Input").Range("A5:Q5").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues
            MsgBox "Dates match"
        Else
            MsgBox "Dates do not match"
        End If
        IsEmpty (H6)
         Next
End Sub
 
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See my comments in the code.

VBA Code:
Sub Copy_Paste_IF()
Dim sh1 As Worksheet, sh2 As Worksheet, c As Range
Set sh1 = Workbooks("Step 1").Sheets("Sheet1")
Set sh2 = Workbooks("Step 2").Sheets("AP Input")
    For Each c In sh1.Range("Q2", sh1.Cells(Rows.Count, 17).End(xlUp)) 'Unless you want to check each cell in columns A:Q use the same column reference in both parameters.
        If c.Value = sh2.Range("H6").Value Then
            sh1.Range("J2:Z2").Copy 'Use your variables to shorten code
            Rows(6).Insert
            If sh2.Range("A5") = "" Then
                sh2.Range("A5").PasteSpecial Paste:=xlPasteValues  'You only need the anchor cell
            Else
                sh2.Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp)(2).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues 'If row 5 is populated get next available row.
            MsgBox "Dates match"
        Else
            MsgBox "Dates do not match" 'Do you really need this?  If no copy/paste there is no match.
        End If
        'IsEmpty (H6) This could be deleted, it is useless.
   Next
End Sub
 
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