Split into Multiple sheets based on beginning string in a set column - Code help

[weirdaljr]

Hello,

I have used this code below to split a large excel file into multiple sheets from matching column data, but now I need to split it by a partial match (set number of characters from the beginning) from beginning of the column data.

For Example:

Date  Name  Description
1/1    Jack    Safe-22
1/1    Jan     Safe-21
1/2    Jake    Fail-4
1/2    Jen     Fail-3
1/3    Jen     Dont-1
1/3    Matt    Poop-7
1/4    Mike    Fail33
1/5    Sean    Safe-9
1/6    Pete    Pooper
1/8    Anne    21-43

So with the code provided below using column 3 I would get 10 different sheets since none of the data in the column is identical. I want to modify the code (or come up with new code) so I can set the number of characters to compare from the beginning of the data in the set column and split into sheets based on that. So if I set it to the first 4 characters in column 3 I would receive only 5 sheets sheets: Safe, Fail, Dont, Poop, & 21-4.

Would anyone kindly assist me with the modifications or new code needed for this? I have searched for a bit with no luck, just keep finding code to check the full cell data for matches in a set column like this code I have:



SPLIT DATA FROM ONE SHEET TO MULTIPLE SHEETS

Sub parse_data()

Dim lr As Long
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim vcol, i As Integer
Dim icol As Long
Dim myarr As Variant
Dim title As String
Dim titlerow As Integer

vcol = 2        'CHANGE THE COLUMN NUMBER AS PER YOUR NEED

Set ws = Sheets("Data")        'CHANGE THE SHEET NAME AS PER YOUR NEED

lr = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, vcol).End(xlUp).Row

title = "A1:Z1"             'CHANGE THE TITLE ROW AS PER YOUR NEED
titlerow = ws.Range(title).Cells(1).Row
icol = ws.Columns.Count

ws.Cells(1, icol) = "Unique"

For i = 2 To lr
On Error Resume Next
If ws.Cells(i, vcol) <> "" And Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(ws.Cells(i, vcol), ws.Columns(icol), 0) = 0 Then
ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, icol).End(xlUp).Offset(1) = ws.Cells(i, vcol)
End If
Next

myarr = Application.WorksheetFunction.Transpose(ws.Columns(icol).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants))

ws.Columns(icol).Clear

For i = 2 To UBound(myarr)
ws.Range(title).AutoFilter field:=vcol, Criteria1:=myarr(i) & ""

If Not Evaluate("=ISREF('" & myarr(i) & "'!A1)") Then
Sheets.Add(after:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)).Name = myarr(i) & ""
Else
Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Move after:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)
End If

ws.Range("A" & titlerow & ":A" & lr).EntireRow.Copy Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Range("A1")
Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Columns.AutoFit
Next

ws.AutoFilterMode = False
ws.Activate

End Sub

[mrice]

Try this

Sub parse_data()

Dim lr As Long
Dim ws As Worksheet
Dim vcol, i As Integer
Dim icol As Long
Dim myarr As Variant
Dim title As String
Dim titlerow As Integer
Dim charcount As Integer

vcol = 3        'CHANGE THE COLUMN NUMBER AS PER YOUR NEED
charcount = 4

Set ws = Sheets("Data")        'CHANGE THE SHEET NAME AS PER YOUR NEED

lr = ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, vcol).End(xlUp).Row

title = "A1:Z1"             'CHANGE THE TITLE ROW AS PER YOUR NEED
titlerow = ws.Range(title).Cells(1).Row
icol = ws.Columns.Count

ws.Cells(1, icol) = "Unique"

For i = 2 To lr
On Error Resume Next
If ws.Cells(i, vcol) <> "" And Application.WorksheetFunction.Match(Left(ws.Cells(i, vcol), charcount), ws.Columns(icol), 0) = 0 Then
ws.Cells(ws.Rows.Count, icol).End(xlUp).Offset(1) = Left(ws.Cells(i, vcol), charcount)
End If
Next

myarr = Application.WorksheetFunction.Transpose(ws.Columns(icol).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeConstants))

ws.Columns(icol).Clear

For i = 2 To UBound(myarr)
ws.Range(title).AutoFilter field:=vcol, Criteria1:=myarr(i) & "*"

If Not Evaluate("=ISREF('" & myarr(i) & "'!A1)") Then
Sheets.Add(after:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)).Name = myarr(i) & ""
Else
Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Move after:=Worksheets(Worksheets.Count)
End If

ws.Range("A" & titlerow & ":A" & lr).EntireRow.Copy Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Range("A1")
Sheets(myarr(i) & "").Columns.AutoFit
Next

ws.AutoFilterMode = False
ws.Activate

End Sub