Issue

I'm trying to manipulate data from a very old DOS program. I have a lengthy macro that works well until the end where it seaches for some specific words and loops deleting the rows with these words in it until it can't find anything then comes up with an error and stops. What I'm trying to do is get the script to keep running until it doesn't find anymore instances of the search words and then carries on to the next part of the script that we want to write.

Here's the coding loop where it gets stuck:

Dim lCount As Long Dim lNum As Long lCount = 0 lNum = 11 Application.ScreenUpdating = False Do While lNum > 10 Columns("B:B").Select Selection.Find(What:="CE - Parish Currently", After:=ActiveCell, LookIn:=xlFormulas, _ LookAt:=xlPart, SearchOrder:=xlByRows, SearchDirection:=xlNext, _ MatchCase:=False, SearchFormat:=False).Activate ' ActiveCell.Select ActiveCell.Offset(-1, 0).Select Selection.EntireRow.Delete Selection.EntireRow.Delete Selection.EntireRow.Delete Selection.EntireRow.Delete Selection.EntireRow.Delete Selection.EntireRow.Delete Selection.EntireRow.Delete Selection.EntireRow.Delete Selection.EntireRow.Delete Loop

We want to do this same function in a few other scripts we've been writing and my boss and I are both novices at this so any help you might be able to offer is much appreciated!

Solution

The code says

Do While lNum > 10

So when does lNum ever becomes less than or equal to 10 to terminate the loop

Since you have not given all info, this I am thinking is the most logical solution

Do While True Set Cell = Columns(2).Find(What:="CE - Parish Currently", _ After:=Cells(1, 2), _ LookIn:=xlFormulas, _ LookAt:=xlPart, _ SearchOrder:=xlByRows, _ SearchDirection:=xlNext, _ MatchCase:=False, _ SearchFormat:=False) If Cell Is Nothing Then Exit Do Cell.EntireRow.Delete Loop

Thanks to rizvisa1 for this tip.