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TOCOL excel function, but as a UDF in VBA
How about
Function TOCOLUMNS(SearchRange As Range) Dim v As Variant Dim c As Variant Dim d As Object Dim i As Long Dim j As Long Dim t As Variant Set d = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary") v = SearchRange.Value For Each c In v If c <> "" Then d(c) = 1 End If Next c v = d.Keys For i = LBound(v) To UBound(v) - 1 For j = i + 1 To UBound(v) If v(i) > v(j) Then t = v(i) v(i) = v(j) v(j) = t End If Next j Next i TOCOLUMNS = Application.Transpose(v) End Function
Thanks HansVogelaar
This code takes a range and turns it into a single column and adds Unique values.
This is amazing, and what I needed.
I tried editing the code, to make another function.
Where, it just turns everything into a single column, even if its a duplicate.
A simple Range into columns Function.
I tried my best, but couldn't figure it out.
My biggest struggle was the variables. As they were just single letters, I got massively confused and couldn't figure out what variable did what, and how they were used.
If you are free, could you maybe use longer variable names, and add comments? It'll help me learn and make any changes if ever needed.
Btw HansVogelaar
Completely unrelated to this Thread, but I see you help everyone and are super active too.
Could you maybe help me out with my other question?
And here is my previous code, with lots of comments added.
Function TOCOLUMNS(SearchRange As Range)
Dim v As Variant ' Multi-purpose array
Dim c As Variant ' Element of array (corresponds to cell)
Dim d As Object ' Scripting.Dictionary object
Dim i As Long ' Loop index for bubble sort
Dim j As Long ' Idem
Dim t As Variant ' Placeholder for sort
' Create a Dictionary object
Set d = CreateObject("Scripting.Dictionary")
' Store values of SearchRange in a two-dimensional array
v = SearchRange.Value
' Loop through the array elements (cells)
For Each c In v
' Only use non-blank values
If c <> "" Then
' Set the dictionary entry with key c to 1
' If that entry doesn't exist yet, it will be created
' If it already existed, nothing will change
' This way, we collect the unique values
d(c) = 1
End If
Next c
' Set v to the array of keys of the dictionary
' The array contains the unique values
v = d.Keys
' Use the simple bubble sort algorithm to sort the array
For i = LBound(v) To UBound(v) - 1
For j = i + 1 To UBound(v)
' If an element is larger than a later element...
If v(i) > v(j) Then
' ... then swap the elements
t = v(i)
v(i) = v(j)
v(j) = t
End If
Next j
Next i
' v is now an array laid out in a row
' Return the array transposed to a column
TOCOLUMNS = Application.Transpose(v)
End Function