Problem with find method

I have the following code that looks for dates from an array that may
already exist in a worksheet. When I test this code with a date in the array
already put inthe worksheet the find results in nothing;

what needs to be corrected?

'load the dates in row B into the array

Dim dtArray() As Date ' capture the selected dates
Dim icol as Integer
Dim ColCount as Integer
Dim Colstep as Integer
Dim i As Integer
Dim c as Range

ReDim dtArray(ColCount)
For iCol = 1 To ColCount Step 1
dtArray(iCol) = Cells(2, Colstep).Value
Colstep = Colstep + 1
Next iCol

' check if these dates were previously processed
Worksheets("datecontrol").Activate
With ActiveSheet.Usedrange ' the dates should be in Col A & it doesn't
matter if I use Range("A:A") or put the date in A2 and say .Range("A2")
For i = LBound(dtArray) To UBound(dtArray)
Set c = .Find(what:=dtArray(i), Lookat:=xlWhole)
If Not c Is Nothing Then
' c always ends up being "Nothing"
MsgBox "This date may have been processed; " & c.Value & "
terminating program"
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Exit Sub
End If

Next i
End With

There is nothing jumping out at me so lets start from the top...

The date you are looking for exists in the used range?
The date you are looking for is exactly the same as the date in the used
range... right down to the minutes and seconds... One is not text while the
other is an actual date?


"Ralph Heidecke" wrote:

> I have the following code that looks for dates from an array that may
> already exist in a worksheet. When I test this code with a date in the array
> already put inthe worksheet the find results in nothing;
>
> what needs to be corrected?
>
> 'load the dates in row B into the array
>
> Dim dtArray() As Date ' capture the selected dates
> Dim icol as Integer
> Dim ColCount as Integer
> Dim Colstep as Integer
> Dim i As Integer
> Dim c as Range
>
> ReDim dtArray(ColCount)
> For iCol = 1 To ColCount Step 1
> dtArray(iCol) = Cells(2, Colstep).Value
> Colstep = Colstep + 1
> Next iCol
>
> ' check if these dates were previously processed
> Worksheets("datecontrol").Activate
> With ActiveSheet.Usedrange ' the dates should be in Col A & it doesn't
> matter if I use Range("A:A") or put the date in A2 and say .Range("A2")
> For i = LBound(dtArray) To UBound(dtArray)
> Set c = .Find(what:=dtArray(i), Lookat:=xlWhole)
> If Not c Is Nothing Then
> ' c always ends up being "Nothing"
> MsgBox "This date may have been processed; " & c.Value & "
> terminating program"
> Application.ScreenUpdating = True
> Exit Sub
> End If
>
> Next i
> End With
>
>
>

do you have any code left out above:

ReDim dtArray(ColCount)
For iCol = 1 To ColCount Step 1

or is ColCount meant to be = 0

"Ralph Heidecke" wrote:

> I have the following code that looks for dates from an array that may
> already exist in a worksheet. When I test this code with a date in the array
> already put inthe worksheet the find results in nothing;
>
> what needs to be corrected?
>
> 'load the dates in row B into the array
>
> Dim dtArray() As Date ' capture the selected dates
> Dim icol as Integer
> Dim ColCount as Integer
> Dim Colstep as Integer
> Dim i As Integer
> Dim c as Range
>
> ReDim dtArray(ColCount)
> For iCol = 1 To ColCount Step 1
> dtArray(iCol) = Cells(2, Colstep).Value
> Colstep = Colstep + 1
> Next iCol
>
> ' check if these dates were previously processed
> Worksheets("datecontrol").Activate
> With ActiveSheet.Usedrange ' the dates should be in Col A & it doesn't
> matter if I use Range("A:A") or put the date in A2 and say .Range("A2")
> For i = LBound(dtArray) To UBound(dtArray)
> Set c = .Find(what:=dtArray(i), Lookat:=xlWhole)
> If Not c Is Nothing Then
> ' c always ends up being "Nothing"
> MsgBox "This date may have been processed; " & c.Value & "
> terminating program"
> Application.ScreenUpdating = True
> Exit Sub
> End If
>
> Next i
> End With
>
>
>

> With ActiveSheet.Usedrange ' the dates should be in Col A & it doesn't
> matter if I use Range("A:A") or put the date in A2 and say .Range("A2")
> For i = LBound(dtArray) To UBound(dtArray)
> Set c = .Find(what:=dtArray(i), Lookat:=xlWhole)

using xlDate rather than xlWhole seems to have done the trick.

"Ralph Heidecke" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have the following code that looks for dates from an array that may
> already exist in a worksheet. When I test this code with a date in the
array
> already put inthe worksheet the find results in nothing;
>
> what needs to be corrected?
>
> 'load the dates in row B into the array
>
> Dim dtArray() As Date ' capture the selected dates
> Dim icol as Integer
> Dim ColCount as Integer
> Dim Colstep as Integer
> Dim i As Integer
> Dim c as Range
>
> ReDim dtArray(ColCount)
> For iCol = 1 To ColCount Step 1
> dtArray(iCol) = Cells(2, Colstep).Value
> Colstep = Colstep + 1
> Next iCol
>
> ' check if these dates were previously processed
> Worksheets("datecontrol").Activate
> With ActiveSheet.Usedrange ' the dates should be in Col A & it doesn't
> matter if I use Range("A:A") or put the date in A2 and say .Range("A2")
> For i = LBound(dtArray) To UBound(dtArray)
> Set c = .Find(what:=dtArray(i), Lookat:=xlWhole)
> If Not c Is Nothing Then
> ' c always ends up being "Nothing"
> MsgBox "This date may have been processed; " & c.Value & "
> terminating program"
> Application.ScreenUpdating = True
> Exit Sub
> End If
>
> Next i
> End With
>
>