I am new to VBA coding. I have done some coding in Javascript and C++, so I do understand the concepts. I'm not too familiar with the specifics of VBA, though. This particular code is for Excel 2007. The sort function was copied from elsewhere as pseudocode (documentation is not mine). I've rewritten it as VBA (unsuccessfully).
This code is not working properly. The code is abruptly aborting entirely (not just jumping out of a loop or function, but quitting completely after going through the While loop twice.
To replicate the problem, save this code as a Macro for an Excel sheet, type the number 9853 in B5, and in B6 type "=Kaprekar(B5)". Essentially, run Kaprekar(9853).
Could someone please help me figure out what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks.
By the way, I'm using While-Wend now. I also tried Do While-Loop with the same result.
Here's the code:
Function Sort(A)
limit = UBound(A)
For i = 1 To limit
' A[ i ] is added in the sorted sequence A[0, .. i-1]
' save A[i] to make a hole at index iHole
Item = A(i)
iHole = i
' keep moving the hole to next smaller index until A[iHole - 1] is <= item
While ((iHole > 0) And (A(iHole - 1) > Item))
' move hole to next smaller index
A(iHole) = A(iHole - 1)
iHole = iHole - 1
Wend
' put item in the hole
A(iHole) = Item
Next i
Sort = A
End Function
Function Kaprekar%(Original%)
Dim Ord(0 To 3) As Integer
Ord(0) = Original \ 1000
Ord(1) = (Original - (Ord(0) * 1000)) \ 100
Ord(2) = (Original - (Ord(1) * 100) - (Ord(0) * 1000)) \ 10
Ord(3) = (Original - (Ord(2) * 10) - (Ord(1) * 100) - (Ord(0) * 1000))
If (Ord(0) = Ord(1)) * (Ord(1) = Ord(2)) * (Ord(2) = Ord(3)) * (Ord(3) = Ord(0)) = 1 Then
Kaprekar = -1
Exit Function
End If
Arr = Sort(Ord)
Kaprekar = Ord(3)
End Function