Simple help needed urgently!!

**readingr** · 09-21-2010, 11:46 AM

hello.

I'm trying to delete rows in an excel spreadsheet. I want a macro that will look at the first column in the spreadsheet (its a date column) and if the field is blank, it will delete the entire row and move onto the next row, Else it will leave it there. I have no clue how to do this but its pretty urgent.

Thanks.

**readingr** · 09-21-2010, 11:54 AM

I'm also using excel 2007

**Andrew-R** · 09-21-2010, 11:55 AM

You need to give your thread a more descriptive title, while you think of one try...

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Edited to add: SAVE YOUR WORK - before running this macro!

**readingr** · 09-21-2010, 12:00 PM

Originally Posted by Andrew-R

You need to give your thread a more descriptive title, while you think of one try...

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Edited to add: SAVE YOUR WORK - before running this macro!

Thanks but I'm getting a run time error. It says 'application-defined or object defined error' or Runtime error 1004. After clicking debug it has highlighted

'LastRow=ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count,1).End(xlUp).Row'

**Andrew-R** · 09-21-2010, 12:17 PM

Strange, it's working fine for me in Excel 2007.

You are running it with the sheet you want cleaning active, aren't you?

PS You still need to change your title, "Deleting rows which are blank", or similar.

**Alf** · 09-21-2010, 01:09 PM

Looking at the line:

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it seem to that there is no space between "LastRow=" and "=ActiveSheet"
i.e. it should read "LastRow = ActiveSheet"

**zbor** · 09-21-2010, 02:03 PM

Hi readingr,

wellcome to the forum but please check rules how to name a thread:

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**Andrew-R** · 09-21-2010, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by Alf

it seem to that there is no space between "LastRow=" and "=ActiveSheet"
i.e. it should read "LastRow = ActiveSheet"

Shouldn't make a difference. I cut my code from my first reply and pasted it straight into a new workbook and it worked fine.

**romperstomper** · 09-21-2010, 03:20 PM

Since subtle hints don't work... (

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