Place Group thick border- If two or more cells contains same value

[aayaanmayank]

Hi Can anyone please help - I have to place a thick border in the entire row based on values in Column "A" until two or more cells contains the same value. if cell A2 & A3 have the same value so i have to place a thick border which will show that these rows have same values.

ID	First_Assignment	Company name
WERT133026660L	Data Quality	DFGH
WERT133026660L	Data Quality	DFGH
GHIKL134344566L	Data Quality	OLKJNBV
GHIKL134344566L	Data Quality	OLKJNBV
GHIKL134344566L	Data Quality	OLKJNBV

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[Bratamoli]

@aayaanmayank,

Is there any reason it needs to be a think border around the entire row?
If not, then you could use the "duplicate values" conditional formatting rule on column A...
Then perhaps go Conditional Formatting --> Manage Rules to edit the formatting style if you want.

Otherwise, gimme a sec and I will see if I can figure this one out real quick for ya.

 

[Bratamoli]

Think I found the first part of your answer: https://www.accountingweb.com/techn...o-highlight-rows-in-excel-based-on-duplicates

 

[mse330]

Hey aayaanmayank,

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You can try the below macro

Sub ThickBoarder()

Dim lRow As Long, txt As String

lRow = ActiveSheet.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

For x = lRow To 2 Step -1
    txt = Cells(x, 1).Offset(-1, 0)
    If Cells(x, 1) <> txt Then
        Rows(x).Borders(xlEdgeTop).Weight = xlThick
    End If
Next

End Sub

 

[aayaanmayank]

Think I found the first part of your answer: https://www.accountingweb.com/techn...o-highlight-rows-in-excel-based-on-duplicates

Hi Bratamoli thanks for your help but its not doing what i need. its drawing border on each duplicate row, however, i need to draw one border including both row contains same ID.

<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>

 

[aayaanmayank]

Hi Brother Yes, it worked perfectly the way I want however it not including the last row. if below ID is at the end so it not drawing border.

GHIKL134344566L

GHIKL134344566L

GHIKL134344566L

<colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody>
</tbody>

 

[mse330]

Ok, I have changed the order now, try the updated code below

Sub ThickBorder()

Dim lRow As Long, txt As String
lRow = ActiveSheet.Range("A" & Rows.Count).End(xlUp).Row

For x = 2 To lRow
    txt = Cells(x, 1).Offset(1, 0)
    If Cells(x, 1) <> txt Then Rows(x).Borders(xlEdgeBottom).Weight = xlThick
Next

End Sub

 

[Bratamoli]

Got most of it working pretty easy by following the instructions on the other website.

Unfortunately, you cannot use Conditional Formatting to do a thick border: www.excelforum.com/excel-formulas-and-functions/543056-conditional-formatting-thick-border.html
This means the only possible way to do a thick border would be to put the thick borders on every row, then use conditional formatting to replace it with no borders.
Unfortunately, I'm not certain that it can be done the way I believe you were requesting it.
This is about the closest I got:

Possible exception: I know practically NOTHING about VBA code, so it may be doable that way and I just do not know how to do it.

Hope the highlighting or thin bordering works well enough for ya. If not, definitely post a reply here and I'm sure someone else will try to chime in for ya.

 

[aayaanmayank]

Hi buddy it not abt thick border.. i need which create one border for both the cell if duplicate ...my data is in order so every thing is lined up correctly.

 

[aayaanmayank]

yeah i did tht...Thank u so much again.