以下のコードは、ソース データをループして配列に格納し、同時に重複をチェックします。コレクションが完了すると、配列をキーとして使用して、削除する列を認識します。
削除に伴う潜在的な画面更新の数が多いため、必ず画面の更新をオフにしてください。(同梱)
Sub Example()
Application.ScreenUpdating = false
Dim i As Long
Dim k As Long
Dim StorageArray() As String
Dim iLastRow As Long
iLastRow = ActiveSheet.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
ReDim StorageArray(1 To iLastRow, 0 To 1)
'loop through column from row 1 to the last row
For i = 1 To iLastRow
'add each sheet value to the first column of the array
StorageArray(i, 0) = ActiveSheet.Range("A" & i).Value
'- keep the second column as 0 by default
StorageArray(i, 1) = 0
'- as each item is added, loop through previously added items to see if its a duplicate
For k = 1 To i-1
If StorageArray(k, 0) = StorageArray(i, 0) Then
'if it is a duplicate set the second column of the srray to 1
StorageArray(i, 1) = 1
Exit For
End If
Next k
Next i
'loop through sheet backwords and delete rows that were maked for deletion
For i = iLastRow To 1 Step -1
If StorageArray(i, 1) = 1 Then
ActiveSheet.Range("A" & i).EntireRow.Delete
End If
Next i
Application.ScreenUpdating = true
End Sub
リクエストに応じて、キーのインデックス付けに配列の代わりにコレクションを使用する同様の方法を次に示します: (RBarryYoung)
Public Sub RemovecolumnDuplicates()
Dim prev as Boolean
prev = Application.ScreenUpdating
Application.ScreenUpdating = false
Dim i As Long, k As Long
Dim v as Variant, sv as String
Dim cl as Range, ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ActiveWorksheet 'NOTE: This really should be a parameter ...
Dim StorageArray As New Collection
Dim iLastRow As Long
iLastRow = ws.Cells(ActiveSheet.Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row
'loop through column from row 1 to the last row
i = 1
For k = 1 To iLastRow
'add each sheet value to the collection
Set cl = ws.Cells(i, 1)
v = cl.Value
sv = Cstr(v)
On Error Resume Next
StorageArray.Add v, sv
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
'must be a duplicate, remove it
cl.EntireRow.Delete
'Note: our index doesn't change here, since all of the rows moved
Else
'not a duplicate, so go to the next row
i = i + 1
End If
Next k
Application.ScreenUpdating = prev
End Sub
このメソッドは、列内のセルの値に対してデータ型または整数の制限を想定する必要がないことに注意してください。
(Mea Culpa: 私の Excel は現在プロジェクトのテストを実行中なので、これをメモ帳に手で入力する必要がありました。そのため、スペル/構文エラーがある可能性があります...)