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adnan2004
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Sep 05, 2022
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i need some help to understand line 23

  Dim fso As Scripting.FileSystemObject Dim ts As Scripting.TextStream Dim r As Range Dim ColumnCount As Integer Dim i As Integer Set fso = New Scripting.FileSystemObject ...
  • HansVogelaar's avatar
    Sep 05, 2022

    adnan2004

    The variable ts is a TextStream object in the Scripting library. It represents a plain text file.

    The lines

    	Set ts = fso.OpenTextFile( _
            Environ("UserProfile") & "\Desktop\TestExcelFile.txt", ForWriting, True)
    

    create a new text file TestExcelFile.txt, ready to be written to (if there is already a file of that name, it will be removed first).

     

    The code then loops through the rows and columns of the used range of Sheet1.

    It writes the value of each cell in a row followed by a Tab character to the same line of the text file.

    Line 23 adds an extra Tab character between those values.

    For example, if you have a sheet looking like this:

    a b c
    1 2 3

    the text file will look like this:

     

    a<tab><tab>b<tab><tab>c<tab>

    1<tab><tab>2<tab><tab>3<tab>

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