{"id":856,"date":"2020-11-06T20:40:42","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T20:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbastring.com\/blog\/?p=856"},"modified":"2020-11-06T20:47:09","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T20:47:09","slug":"vba-copy-and-paste-sample","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vbastring.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/06\/vba-copy-and-paste-sample\/","title":{"rendered":"VBA Copy And Paste Sample"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had another interesting question involving copying and pasting some values over 1500 rows so I generated the code in VBA and decided to post it here.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the &#8220;pseudocode&#8221; (my though process, which you should do in order to structure your thoughts):<\/p>\n<p><em>1. loop through the cells<br \/>\n2. select c13:L16 -> copy<br \/>\n3. count 6 rows -> paste<br \/>\n4. repeat until row 1213<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vbastring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vba-copy-and-paste-1.png?resize=1195%2C588\" alt=\"\" width=\"1195\" height=\"588\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-860\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vbastring.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/vba-copy-and-paste-2.png?resize=592%2C407\" alt=\"\" width=\"592\" height=\"407\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-861\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A range copy and paste in this case works because there are <strong>absolute references<\/strong>.  <\/p>\n<p>The formula will be update to the current row when the past is made, but when the &#8220;$&#8221; is used, an absolute reference is made, and we will be <strong>referencing just that cell<\/strong>, so everything will calculate correctly.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, row 12 in D12 <strong>will change<\/strong> (it&#8217;s relative (like the culture likes to believe \ud83d\ude42 )), but we row 5 <strong>WILL NOT change<\/strong> because it is <u>absolutely<\/u> referenced<\/p>\n<p><strong>Anyway here is how it turns out all together:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre class=\"lang:vb decode:true \" >Sub CopyAndPaste()\r\n    Dim intRow As Integer\r\n    Dim rngSelection As Range\r\n    Dim intCounter As Integer\r\n\r\n    Set rngSelection = Sheets(\"Costs\").Range(\"c13:L16\")\r\n    rngSelection.Select\r\n    rngSelection.Copy\r\n    \r\n    'initialize intCounter\r\n    intCounter = 12 + 6\r\n    \r\n    For intRow = 12 To 1213\r\n\r\n        If intRow = intCounter Then\r\n            Sheets(\"Costs\").Range(\"C\" &amp; intRow).Select\r\n            \r\n            intCounter = intRow + 5\r\n\r\n            ActiveSheet.Paste\r\n\r\n        End If\r\n        \r\n    Next\r\nEnd Sub\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Questions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had another interesting question involving copying and pasting some values over 1500 rows so I generated the code in VBA and decided to post it here. 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