Sub DeleteBlankRows(Optional WorksheetName As Variant) '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' DeleteBlankRows ' This function will delete all blank rows

on the worksheet ' named by WorksheetName. This will delete rows that are ' completely blank (every cell = vbNullString) or that have ' cells that contain only an apostrophe (special Text control ' character). ' The code will look at each cell that contains a formula, ' then look at the precedents of that formula, and will not ' delete rows that are a precedent to a formula. This will ' prevent deleting precedents of a formula where those ' precedents are in lower numbered rows than the formula ' (e.g., formula in A10 references A1:A5). If a formula ' references cell that are below (higher row number) the ' last used row (e.g, formula in A10 reference A20:A30 and ' last used row is A15), the refences in the formula will ' be changed due to the deletion of rows above the formula. ' '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim Dim RefColl As Collection RowNum As Long Prec As Range Rng As Range DeleteRange As Range LastRow As Long FormulaCells As Range Test As Long WS As Worksheet PrecCell As Range

If IsMissing(WorksheetName) = True Then Set WS = ActiveSheet Else On Error Resume Next Set WS = ActiveWorkbook.Worksheets(WorksheetName) If Err.Number <> 0 Then ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Invalid worksheet name. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Exit Sub End If End If If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(WS.UsedRange.Cells) = 0 Then '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Worksheet is blank. Get Out. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Exit Sub End If '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Find the last used cell on the ' worksheet. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Set Rng = WS.Cells.Find(what:="*", after:=WS.Cells(WS.Rows.Count, WS.Columns.Cou nt), lookat:=xlPart, _ searchorder:=xlByColumns, searchdirection:=xlPrevious, MatchCase:=False)

LastRow = Rng.Row Set RefColl = New Collection ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' We go from bottom to top to keep ' the references intact, preventing ' #REF errors. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' For RowNum = LastRow To 1 Step -1 Set FormulaCells = Nothing If Application.WorksheetFunction.CountA(WS.Rows(RowNum)) = 0 Then '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' There are no non-blank cells in ' row R. See if R is in the RefColl ' reference Collection. If not, ' add row R to the DeleteRange. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' On Error Resume Next Test = RefColl(CStr(RowNum)) If Err.Number <> 0 Then '''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' R is not in the RefColl ' collection. Add it to ' the DeleteRange variable. '''''''''''''''''''''''''' If DeleteRange Is Nothing Then Set DeleteRange = WS.Rows(RowNum) Else Set DeleteRange = Application.Union(DeleteRange, WS.Rows(RowNum) ) End If Else '''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' R is in the collection. ' Do nothing. '''''''''''''''''''''''''' End If On Error GoTo 0 Err.Clear Else ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' CountA > 0. Find the cells ' containing formula, and for ' each cell with a formula, find ' its precedents. Add the row number ' of each precedent to the RefColl ' collection. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' If IsRowClear(RowNum:=RowNum) = True Then ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Row contains nothing but blank ' cells or cells with only an ' apostrophe. Cells that contain ' only an apostrophe are counted ' by CountA, so we use IsRowClear ' to test for only apostrophes. ' Test if this row is in the ' RefColl collection. If it is

' not in the collection, add it ' to the DeleteRange. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' On Error Resume Next Test = RefColl(CStr(RowNum)) If Err.Number = 0 Then '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Row exists in RefColl. That means ' a formula is referencing this row. ' Do not delete the row. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Else If DeleteRange Is Nothing Then Set DeleteRange = WS.Rows(RowNum) Else Set DeleteRange = Application.Union(DeleteRange, WS.Rows(Row Num)) End If End If Else On Error Resume Next Set FormulaCells = Nothing Set FormulaCells = WS.Rows(RowNum).SpecialCells(xlCellTypeFormulas) On Error GoTo 0 If FormulaCells Is Nothing Then ''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' No formulas found. Do ' nothing. ''''''''''''''''''''''''' Else ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Formulas found. Loop through the formula ' cells, and for each cell, find its precedents ' and add the row number of each precedent cell ' to the RefColl collection. ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' On Error Resume Next For Each Rng In FormulaCells.Cells For Each Prec In Rng.Precedents.Cells RefColl.Add Item:=Prec.Row, key:=CStr(Prec.Row) Next Prec Next Rng On Error GoTo 0 End If End If End If ''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' Go to the next row, ' moving upwards. ''''''''''''''''''''''''' Next RowNum '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' If we have rows to delete, delete them. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' If Not DeleteRange Is Nothing Then

DeleteRange.EntireRow.Delete shift:=xlShiftUp End If End Sub Function IsRowClear(RowNum As Long) As Boolean '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' ' IsRowClear ' This procedure returns True if all the cells ' in the row specified by RowNum as empty or ' contains only a "'" character. It returns False ' if the row contains only data or formulas. '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' Dim ColNdx As Long Dim Rng As Range ColNdx = 1 Set Rng = Cells(RowNum, ColNdx) Do Until ColNdx = Columns.Count If (Rng.HasFormula = True) Or (Rng.Value <> vbNullString) Then IsRowClear = False Exit Function End If Set Rng = Cells(RowNum, ColNdx).End(xlToRight) ColNdx = Rng.Column Loop IsRowClear = True End Function