{"id":12430,"date":"2022-09-30T18:15:38","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-column-nullification-using-vbscript\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T12:45:38","slug":"solved-column-nullification-using-vbscript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jassweb.com\/solved\/solved-column-nullification-using-vbscript\/","title":{"rendered":"[Solved] Column nullification using Vbscript"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"answer-13874754\" class=\"answer js-answer accepted-answer js-accepted-answer\" data-answerid=\"13874754\" data-parentid=\"13843898\" data-score=\"1\" data-position-on-page=\"1\" data-highest-scored=\"1\" data-question-has-accepted-highest-score=\"1\" itemprop=\"acceptedAnswer\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Answer\">\n<div class=\"post-layout\">\n<div class=\"votecell post-layout--left\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"answercell post-layout--right\">\n<div class=\"s-prose js-post-body\" itemprop=\"text\">\n<p>EDIT:??<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: ADD MY SAMPLE INPUT &amp; OUTPUT RESULT<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: Variable added, ChuckSize<\/p>\n<p>EDIT: also change the lane <code>startCol = objSheet1.Range(\"A1\").column<\/code><br \/>\nThe &#8220;A&#8221; to &#8220;S&#8221;, to whatever column your PID is at,<br \/>\nassumption made: Your data starts from row 1<\/p>\n<p>A solution using @Tim&#8217;s Solution + the 2D Array optimization tech.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sample Input<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<pre><code>A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   PID T1Name  T1StartDate T1FinishDate    Total Time Spent    T2Name  T2StartDate T2FinishDate    Total Time Spent    T3Name  T3StartDate T3FinishDate    Total Time Spent\nA   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   11  S1  12\/7\/2012   19\/7\/2012   100                         19\/7\/2012   \nA   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   12  S1  12\/7\/2012                           S2      19\/7\/2012   \nA   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   13  12\/7\/2012                   11\/5\/2012           S6      12\/5\/2010\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Sample Output<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<pre><code>A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   PID T1Name  T1StartDate T1FinishDate    Total Time Spent    T2Name  T2StartDate T2FinishDate    Total Time Spent    T3Name  T3StartDate T3FinishDate    Total Time Spent\nA   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   11  S1  12\/7\/2012   19\/7\/2012   100                             \nA   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   12                                              \nA   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   A   13                                              \n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Code:<\/p>\n<pre><code> Option Explicit\n\n  Dim objExcel1,objWorkbook\n  Dim strPathExcel1\n  Dim objSheet1,IntRow1\n  Dim Counter\n  dim height\n  dim i \n  dim dataArray\n  dim startCol \n  dim j \n  dim chuckSize \n   Set objExcel1 = CreateObject(\"Excel.Application\")\n   strPathExcel1 = \"C:\\Users\\wangCL\\Desktop\\data.xlsx\"\n\n   Set objWorkbook=objExcel1.Workbooks.open(strPathExcel1)\n   Set objSheet1 = objExcel1.ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(\"data (4)\")\n\n   objExcel1.ScreenUpdating = False\n   objExcel1.Calculation = -4135  'xlCalculationManual\n   startCol = objSheet1.Range(\"K1\").column 'column with PID is \n   chuckSize = 4\n   Height = objSheet1.Cells(objSheet1.Rows.Count, startCol).End(-4162).Row '-4162 is xlUp\nIf Height &gt;= 2 Then\n    ReDim dataArray(Height - 2, 12) '12 columns in total\n    dataArray = objSheet1.Range(objSheet1.Cells(2, startCol + 1), objSheet1.Cells(Height, startCol + 12)).Value\n    For i = 1 To Height - 1\n        For Counter = 1 To 12 Step chuckSize\n        If dataArray(i, Counter + chuckSize-1) = \"\" Then\n            For j = 0 to chuckSize - 2\n            dataArray(i, Counter + j) = \"\"\n            next \n        End If\n\n        Next\n    Next\n    'assigning the values back into the worksheet\n    objSheet1.Range(objSheet1.Cells(2, startCol + 1), objSheet1.Cells(Height, startCol + 12)).Value =     dataArray\nEnd If\n\n   objExcel1.ScreenUpdating = True\n   objExcel1.Calculation = -4105   'xlCalculationAutomatic\n\n  '=======================\n objExcel1.ActiveWorkbook.Save\n objExcel1.Workbooks.close\n objExcel1.Application.Quit\n '======================\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mt24\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"d-none\" itemprop=\"commentCount\">1<\/span> <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n<p>solved Column nullification using Vbscript <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] EDIT:?? EDIT: ADD MY SAMPLE INPUT &amp; OUTPUT RESULT EDIT: Variable added, ChuckSize EDIT: also change the lane startCol = objSheet1.Range(&#8220;A1&#8243;).column The &#8220;A&#8221; to &#8220;S&#8221;, to whatever column your PID is at, assumption made: Your data starts from row 1 A solution using @Tim&#8217;s Solution + the 2D Array optimization tech. 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