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    Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    Newbie to macros and VBA here. I am attempting to concatenate several columns and I am getting the Type Mismatch error. I understand why I am getting this error, but I do not know any other way to accomplish what I am seeking. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    I think you forgot your double quotes.

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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    VBA does not have an idea which " is the end of the string defining formula. Try:
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    note that I used formula not formulaR1C1 - not tested but could give other than expected result with R1
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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    Hi - you are trying to use A1 style references for the R1C1 formula, you either need to change formular1c1 to formula or change the references from A1 to R1C1.

    You also need to double up quote marks. I would suggest:
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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    Hi John and ragulduy,

    Is there any reason why you both added spaces at both sides of dash:
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    while in original there was only:
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    of course double quotes are needed (I added them too) but why spaces around?

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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    Thank you fellas, they all worked. But it brought up another issue. I would like this macro to:
    1. Insert the concatenate formula only if cell AA is blank. This is a cumlative monthly file and I dont want to redo previous months, only perform on newly added data.
    2. If column R is blank, I would like the macro to skip that row entirely.

    Is this possible?

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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    If you copy the code in post 1 into the vba editor it will add the spaces, I guess it segragates the parts in quotation marks (i.e. "=concatenate(A1," from the dashes and spaces them apart from the "-" which it is reading as subtraction signs.

    You get the same thing if you type:
    a=1+2
    the VBA editor will adjust it to
    a = 1 + 2

    I hadn't noticed the change when copying back to the post.

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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    Quote Originally Posted by Kaper View Post
    Hi John and ragulduy,

    Is there any reason why you both added spaces at both sides of dash:
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    while in original there was only:
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    of course double quotes are needed (I added them too) but why spaces around?
    No. The extra spaces were added when I pasted the code from the thread.

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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    OK. I edited it in "Quick Reply" window so nothing happened "behind my back"

    As for Rays question:
    The simple, but a but time consuming (depends on your data size) way would be to insert formula row by row after checking insterion criteria.

    something like (red added/changed, blue - rewritten):

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    Re: Concatenate macro Type Mismatch error

    Issue Solved. Even though its way above my level of understanding, it worked great Kaper!

    Thank you very much Kaper, JHD and Ragulduy for your help.

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