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How to loop through rows until blank in Excel column?

Here is a long column with data which is including some empty cells, and you want to loop through the rows until meeting blank cell. In Excel, there is no built-in feature can handle this job, but I can introduce some macros to do you a favor.

Loop through rows until blank with VBA


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1. Press Alt + F11 keys to enable the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.

2. Click Insert > Module, and paste below code to the blank script.

VBA: Loop until blank

Sub Test1()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20161222
      Dim x As Integer
      Application.ScreenUpdating = False
      ' Set numrows = number of rows of data.
      NumRows = Range("A1", Range("A1").End(xlDown)).Rows.Count
      ' Select cell a1.
      Range("A1").Select
      ' Establish "For" loop to loop "numrows" number of times.
      For x = 1 To NumRows
         ' Insert your code here.
         ' Selects cell down 1 row from active cell.
         ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0).Select
      Next
      Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

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In the code, A1 is the first cell you want to loop from, you can change it as you need.

3. Press F5 key to begin looping the column, then the cursor will stop at the first met blank cell.
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Note: If you want to loop through data until meet continuous blank cells, you can use this macro code.

Sub LoopThroughUntilBlanks()
'UpdatebyExtendoffice20161222
      ' Select cell A2, *first line of data*.
      Dim xrg As Range
      On Error Resume Next
      Set xrg = Application.InputBox _
        (Prompt:="first cell select..", Title:="Kutools for Excel", Type:=8)
      xrg.Cells(1, 1).Select
      ' Set Do loop to stop when two consecutive empty cells are reached.
      Application.ScreenUpdating = False
      Do Until IsEmpty(ActiveCell) And IsEmpty(ActiveCell.Offset(1, 0))
         ' Insert your code here.
         '
         ' Step down 2 rows from present location.
         ActiveCell.Offset(2, 0).Select
      Loop
      Application.ScreenUpdating = False
End Sub

Then you need to select the first cell you want to loop from in the Kutools for Excel dialog, click OK, then the cursor stops in the first continuous blank cells.

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The first VBA produces the wrong result in cases when there is one or zero rows of data.

You probably need something like

If Range("A1").Value = "" Then
NumRows = 0
ElseIf Range("A1").Offset(1, 0).Value = "" Then
NumRows = 1
Else
NumRows = Range("A1", Range("A1").End(xlDown)).Rows.Count
End If
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The loop works for me except it loops through every single row regardless of it being blank or not.
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Lets say I have a ton of rows...any tricks on making this run faster?
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Can you please explain what is the condition to stop looping? What makes you break out of the loop in Test1()?
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It will stop while meeting the first blank in the column
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Its looping a column not a row
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In order to loop through a column, you must go by row number.
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