Notes tests, string, manipulation of text files and string manipulations

**DocAElstein** · 02-17-2021, 06:56 PM

In support of this post
https://excelfox.com/forum/showthrea...5355#post15355

_____ Workbook: Sample excel file.xls ( Using Excel 2007 32 bit )

_Row\^Col	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I
1	Entity ID	day	month	year	time		1	<-- row number
2	700	19	2	2021	08:00		2
3	700	19	2	2021	08:30		3
4	700	20	2	2021	09:00		4
5	701	19	2	2021	09:30		5
6							6
7		2	3	4	5	<-- column number
8
9		Lr=5
10			arrIn()=Range("A1:E5").Value	1	2	3	4	5	6
11			1	Entity ID	day	month	year	time
12			2	700	19	2	2021	08:00
13			3	700	19	2	2021	08:30
14			4	700	20	2	2021	09:00
15			5	701	19	2	2021	09:30
16			6
17					Example: arrIn(5, 1) = 701

Worksheet: Sheet1

text file output

HTML Code:

<forecast>
<Entity>700</Entity>
<data>
<date>
<day>19/<day>
<month>2</month>
<year>2021</year>
</date>
<time>08:00</time>
<time>08:30</time>
</data>
<data>
<date>
<day>20/<day>
<month>2</month>
<year>2021</year>
</date>
<time>09:00</time>
</data>
</forcast>
<forecast>
<Entity>701</Entity>
<data>
<date>
<day>19/<day>
<month>2</month>
<year>2021</year>
</date>
<time>09:30</time>
</data>
</forcast>

Code:

Option Explicit
'
Sub ExcelToXML()
Rem 1 worksheets data info
Dim Ws1 As Worksheet: Set Ws1 = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets.Item(1)
Dim Lr As Long: Let Lr = Ws1.Range("A" & Rows.Count & "").End(xlUp).Row
Dim arrRng() As Variant: Let arrRng() = Ws1.Range("A1:E" & Lr + 1 & "").Value '  +1 is a bodge to help me not get errors when checking 1 row above my data
Rem 2  Do it
Dim TotalFile As String
Dim Rw As Long: Let Rw = 2 ' Main row count
' #STEP 1 Start
    Do While Rw <= Lr ' This keeps us going as long as data is there
     Let TotalFile = TotalFile & "<forecast>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<Entity>" & arrRng(Rw, 1) & "</Entity>" & vbCr & vbLf: Debug.Print TotalFile
    ' # STEP 2 start
     Let TotalFile = TotalFile & "<data>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<date>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<day>" & arrRng(Rw, 2) & "/<day>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<month>" & arrRng(Rw, 3) & "</month>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<year>" & arrRng(Rw, 4) & "</year>" & vbCr & vbLf & "</date>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<time>" & Format(arrRng(Rw, 5), "hh" & ":" & "mm") & "</time>" & vbCr & vbLf: Debug.Print TotalFile
        '  #STEP 3 START
        ' Check   if Entity ID in first row = Entity ID in 2nd row and date in first row = date in 2nd row then      repeat STEP 3 for 2nd row and so on
        Do While Rw + 1 <= Lr And arrRng(Rw, 1) = arrRng(Rw + 1, 1) And arrRng(Rw, 2) = arrRng(Rw + 1, 2)
         Let TotalFile = TotalFile & "<time>" & Format(arrRng(Rw + 1, 5), "hh" & ":" & "mm") & "</time>" & vbCr & vbLf: Debug.Print TotalFile
         Let Rw = Rw + 1 ' This brings us to the line we just filled in
        Loop
     Let TotalFile = TotalFile & "</data>" & vbCr & vbLf: Debug.Print TotalFile
        
        ' Chect  if Entity ID in first row = Entity ID in 2nd row and date in first row not equals to date in 2nd row then    repeat STEP 2 for 2nd row and so on
        Do While Rw + 1 <= Lr And arrRng(Rw, 1) = arrRng(Rw + 1, 1) '   And Not arrRng(Rw, 2) = arrRng(Rw + 1, 2)
         Let TotalFile = TotalFile & "<data>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<date>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<day>" & arrRng(Rw + 1, 2) & "/<day>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<month>" & arrRng(Rw + 1, 3) & "</month>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<year>" & arrRng(Rw + 1, 4) & "</year>" & vbCr & vbLf & "</date>" & vbCr & vbLf & "<time>" & Format(arrRng(Rw + 1, 5), "hh" & ":" & "mm") & "</time>" & vbCr & vbLf: Debug.Print TotalFile
         Let Rw = Rw + 1 ' This brings us to the line we just filled in
        Loop
     Let TotalFile = TotalFile & "</data>" & vbCr & vbLf: Debug.Print TotalFile
    
        '  #STEP 3 END
        '  STEP 2 END
     Let TotalFile = TotalFile & "</forcast>" & vbCr & vbLf: Debug.Print TotalFile
     Let Rw = Rw + 1 '  ' This brings us to the next line
    '    STEP 1 END
    Loop '  While Rw <= Lr
 
 Let TotalFile = Replace(TotalFile, "</data>" & vbCr & vbLf & "</data>" & vbCr & vbLf, "</data>" & vbCr & vbLf, 1, -1, vbBinaryCompare): Debug.Print TotalFile ' I end up with a double  "</data>" & vbCr & vbLf
Rem 3   Make text file
Dim FileNum2 As Long: Let FileNum2 = FreeFile(0)                                  ' https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vba/language-reference-vba/articles/freefile-function
Dim PathAndFileName2 As String
 Let PathAndFileName2 = ThisWorkbook.Path & "\" & "XML_Stuff.txt"  ' ' CHANGE TO SUIT  ' Will be made if not there
 Open PathAndFileName2 For Output As #FileNum2
 Print #FileNum2, TotalFile ' write out entire text file
 Close #FileNum2

End Sub

'    <forecast>             ' #STEP 1 Start     Print #intFile, "<Forecast>"
'    <Entity>700</Entity>   ' #STEP 1 Start     Print #intFile, "<Entity>" & Entity ID & "</Entity>"
'    <data>                 ' #STEP 2 Start     Print #intFile, "<Data>"
'    <date>                 ' #STEP 2 Start     Print #intFile, "<date>"
'    <day>19</day>          ' #STEP 2 Start     Print #intFile, "<day>" & day &
'    <month>2</month>       ' #STEP 2 Start              "</day><month>" & month & "</month>
'    <year>2021</year>      ' #STEP 2 Start              <year>" & yeear & "</year>"
'    </date>                ' #STEP 2 Start                  </date>"
'    <time>8:00</time>      ' #STEP 3 START     Print #intFile, "<time>" & time & "</time>"
'          Check  if Entity ID in first row = Entity ID in 2nd row
            ' and date in first row = date in 2nd row then
    '    <time>8:30</time>      ' repeat STEP 3 for 2nd row and so on
    '    </data>           ' #STEP 3 END
    '          Check  if Entity ID in first row = Entity ID in 2nd row
                ' and date in first row IS NOT =   date in 2nd row then'
        '    repeat STEP ??3??  2 for 2nd row and so on
        '    <data>
        '    <date>
        '    <day>20</day>
        '    <month>2</month>
        '    <year>2021</year>
        '    </date>
        '    <time> ??8:00??  9.00   </time>
        '    </data>
    '    </forecast>       ' STEP 2 END           Print #intFile, "</forecast>"


'    If Entity ID is not same as in previous row repeat STEP 1
'
'    <forecast>
'    <Entity>701</Entity>
'    <data>
'    <date>
'    <day>19</day>
'    <month>2</month>
'    <year>2021</year>
'    </date>
'    <time>9:30</time>
'    </data>
'    </forecast>
'    <forecast>