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    Need help removing unwanted commas that sometimes appear in rows in csv files

    I receive hundreds of csv files which I need to merge every week but some of the files have rows with an extra comma in column 15 which causes the rows to extend into a 19th column.
    I need a solution that will search all selected csv files(one file at a time) in a folder and for any files which it sees rows which have different numbers of data fields (columns) of both 18 and 19 columns;
    the code must then (one row at a time starting with row 2) fix every row that has 19 columns by removing the 15th comma in that row.
    So that that all the rows have the correct number of data fields (columns), which is 18.
    Then it will save the file back to the same or a different directory which I can select.

    Thanks for any assistance that may be provided.

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    Just record a macro that does a find and replace of two commas by one comma.
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  3. #3
    Thanks. but the logic needs to be able to look at all selected files in a folder first to determine if there are files that contain both 18 and 19 columns, then
    the logic needs to address any rows that have 19 columns and then remove the comma in column 15 of that row.
    I do not see how a recorded macro can do that.
    I heard from someone outside this site that a csv text stream approach might be a very effective, simple and efficient strategy, but I do know how to start it off.

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    I should clarify, this issue is not that there are not 2 commas that are together.
    The issue is: on some rows the Logon ID (15th column) is entered in a 'Lastname, Firstname' format. When I open the csv file, I can see that the 'user entered comma' between 'Lastname' and 'Firstname' pushes the 'Firstname' and remaining data fields in the row 1 column to the right. This is why I have to find and remove that extra comma when is appears - and it appears randomly in about 1/3 of all my files I am required to work with.

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    The needed logic here is to combine the Column removal from 19 column files with Need to standardize 100s of excel files that have

    Are there any other issues with these files? Since they have to be open whenever they are being worked on, it makes sense to do all the corrections at once. These two issues will take less than a dozen lines of code, so far. Plus another dozen to iterate thru all files in a folder.

    I can combine your threads into one, but it is much easier if one thread is very short, so please reply in this one.
    Last edited by SamT; 01-12-2015 at 09:38 AM.
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    No other issues.
    Just a clarification:
    This issue is not that there are not 2 commas that are together in a row.
    The issue is: on some rows the Logon ID (15th column) is entered in a 'Lastname, Firstname' format. When I open the csv file, I can see that the 'user entered comma' between 'Lastname' and 'Firstname' pushes the 'Firstname' and remaining data fields in the row 1 column to the right. This is why I have to find and remove that extra comma when is appears - and it appears randomly in about 1/3 of all my files I am required to work with.

    Thanks for any assistance that may be provided.

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    Heya,

    Try this on a few sample files set aside in a test directory. Two main routines, either select an entire folder, or select specific files (multiselect). Both call the same routine...

    Option Explicit
    
    Public Enum FilterType
        CSV = 0
        XL = 1
    End Enum
    
    Private Const FilterCSV As String = "CSV Files (*.csv), *.csv"
    Private Const FilterXL As String = "Excel Files (*.xl*), *.xl*"
    
    Dim TargetCount As Long
    Dim TargetCountA As Long
    
    
    Sub CorrectColumnInCSV_Folder()
    
        Dim SelectFolder As FileDialog
        Dim FSO As Object
        Dim TargetFolder As Object
        Dim TargetFile As Object
    
        Set SelectFolder = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    
        TargetCount = 0
        TargetCountA = 0
        SelectFolder.AllowMultiSelect = False
        If SelectFolder.Show Then
            Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
            Set TargetFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SelectFolder.SelectedItems.Item(1))
            For Each TargetFile In TargetFolder.Files
                If UCase(Right(TargetFile.Name, 4)) = ".CSV" Then
                    TargetCountA = TargetCountA + 1
                    If ISFILEOPEN(TargetFile.Name) = False Then
                        TargetCount = CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV(Target:=TargetFile.Path, _
                                                                   ColumnCount:=18, _
                                                                   MergeColStart:=15 _
                                                                   ) + TargetCount
                    End If
                End If
            Next TargetFile
        End If
    
        MsgBox TargetCount & " of " & TargetCountA & " files have been processed.", vbInformation, "Complete!"
    
    End Sub
    
    Sub CorrectColumnInCSV_File()
    
        Dim TargetFile As Variant
        Dim TargetName As String
        Dim LoopStep As Long
    
        TargetFile = Application.GetOpenFilename(FilterReturn(CSV), MultiSelect:=True)
        If Not IsArray(TargetFile) Then
            Exit Sub
        End If
    
        TargetCount = 0
        TargetCountA = UBound(TargetFile) - LBound(TargetFile) + 1
        For LoopStep = LBound(TargetFile) To UBound(TargetFile)
            TargetName = Right(TargetFile(LoopStep), Len(TargetFile(LoopStep)) - InStrRev(TargetFile(LoopStep), "\"))
            If ISFILEOPEN(TargetName) = False Then
                TargetCount = CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV(Target:=TargetFile(LoopStep), _
                                                           ColumnCount:=18, _
                                                           MergeColStart:=15 _
                                                           ) + TargetCount
            End If
        Next LoopStep
    
        MsgBox TargetCount & " of " & TargetCountA & " files have been processed.", vbInformation, "Complete!"
    
    End Sub
    
    
    Private Function CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV( _
            ByVal Target As Variant, _
            ByVal ColumnCount As Long, _
            ByVal MergeColStart As Long, _
            Optional ByVal Delimiter As String = ",", _
            Optional ByVal ReplaceDelimiter As String = " ") As Long
    
        Dim TempFile As String
        Dim TempName As String
        Dim TempPath As String
        Dim TempExt As String
        Dim FileNum1 As Long
        Dim FileNum2 As Long
        Dim LineText As String
        Dim LineOutput As String
        Dim LineItems() As String
    
        TempPath = Left(Target, InStrRev(Target, "\"))
        TempName = Right(Target, Len(Target) - Len(TempPath))
        TempExt = Right(TempName, Len(TempName) - InStrRev(TempName, "."))
        TempName = Left(TempName, Len(TempName) - Len(TempExt) - 1) & "(temp write)." & TempExt
        TempFile = TempPath & TempName
    
        FileNum1 = FreeFile()
        Open Target For Input Access Read As #FileNum1
        FileNum2 = FreeFile()
        Open TempFile For Output Access Write As #FileNum2
    
        Do While Not EOF(FileNum1)
    
            LineText = ""
            Line Input #FileNum1, LineText
            LineItems = Split(LineText, Delimiter)
    
            If UBound(LineItems) - LBound(LineItems) + 1 > ColumnCount Then
                LineOutput = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(LineText, Delimiter, ReplaceDelimiter, MergeColStart)
            Else
                LineOutput = LineText
            End If
    
            Write #FileNum2, LineOutput
    
        Loop
    
        CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV = 1
    
    ExitWithoutError:
        Close #FileNum1
        Close #FileNum2
    
        If Dir(TempFile, vbNormal) <> "" Then
            If Dir(Target, vbNormal) <> "" Then FileCopy TempFile, Target
            Kill TempFile
        End If
    
        Exit Function
    
    ExitWithError:
        CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV = 0
        Resume ExitWithoutError
    
    End Function
    
    
    Function ISFILEOPEN(FileName As String) As Boolean
        Dim iFilenum As Long
        Dim iErr As Long
        On Error Resume Next
        iFilenum = FreeFile()
        Open FileName For Input Lock Read As #iFilenum
        Close iFilenum
        iErr = Err
        Select Case iErr
        Case 0: ISFILEOPEN = False
        Case 70: ISFILEOPEN = True
        Case Else: Error iErr
        End Select
        On Error GoTo 0
    End Function
    
    
    Private Function FilterReturn(ByVal Value As FilterType) As String
        Select Case Value
        Case FilterType.CSV: FilterReturn = FilterCSV
        Case FilterType.XL: FilterReturn = FilterXL
        End Select
    End Function
    HTH

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    That beats my 6 lines.
    RC = Rows.Count
    Do 
    Rw = Cells(1, 19).End(xlDown).Row
       Cells(Rw, 15) = Cells(Rw,15) & " " & Cells(Rw, 16) 'Edit for FirstName LastName
       Cells(Rw,16.Delete Shift:=xlLeft
       'Always do bottom Row, It might need it and a lot of code to skip otherwise
    Loop While Rw < RC
    Last edited by SamT; 01-12-2015 at 11:15 AM.
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  9. #9
    Your code removes the extra comma from the 15th column when it finds it but when I open the file in Excel after processing, I see that all the data column elements now show up in Col A.
    Is there a way to make it so the data shows up in separate columns as depicted by the commas.
    Thanks

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    Text to columns, delimited by comma. ?

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    @ Zack
    The ommision is in
    If UBound(LineItems) - LBound(LineItems) + 1 > ColumnCount Then 
       LineOutput = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(LineText, Delimiter, ReplaceDelimiter, MergeColStart)         
    Else

    @ Business1K
    Substitute this code in toto for the three lines above. Zack can improve it for you later.
    Dim NDX as Long, i As Long
    NDX = 0
    i = 0
    If UBound(LineItems) - LBound(LineItems) + 1 > ColumnCount Then
       NDX = LBound(lineItems) + 15
       LineItems(NDX) = LineItems(NDX) & LineItems(NDX + 1)
       For i = 1 to 3
         LineItems(NDX + i) = LineItems(NDX + 1 + i)
       Next i
       LineItems(NDX + 4) = ""
       For i = LBound(LineItems) To UBound(LineItems)
         LineOutput = LineOutPut & LineItems(i) & ","
       Next i
       LineOutPut = Left(LineOutPut, Len(LineOutPut - 2))
    Else
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    Pretty sure the logic is the same, Sam. ? I'm replacing the nth delimiter with a specified replacement. You're doing the same thing but with two loops and additional variables.

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    When I run the code I get a compile error
    Variable required - can't assign to this expression

    The debugger highlights on the "-2" in this second to last line of code you just modified: LineOutPut = Left(LineOutPut, Len(LineOutPut - 2))

    The code I have so far is:

    Option Explicit
    Public Enum FilterType
        CSV = 0
        XL = 1
    End Enum
    Private Const FilterCSV As String = "CSV Files (*.csv), *.csv"
    Private Const FilterXL As String = "Excel Files (*.xl*), *.xl*"
    Dim TargetCount As Long
    Dim TargetCountA As Long
    
    Sub CorrectColumnInCSV_Folder()
        Dim SelectFolder As FileDialog
        Dim FSO As Object
        Dim TargetFolder As Object
        Dim TargetFile As Object
        Set SelectFolder = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
        TargetCount = 0
        TargetCountA = 0
        SelectFolder.AllowMultiSelect = False
        If SelectFolder.Show Then
            Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
            Set TargetFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SelectFolder.SelectedItems.Item(1))
            For Each TargetFile In TargetFolder.Files
                If UCase(Right(TargetFile.Name, 4)) = ".CSV" Then
                    TargetCountA = TargetCountA + 1
                    If ISFILEOPEN(TargetFile.Name) = False Then
                        TargetCount = CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV(Target:=TargetFile.Path, _
                                                                   ColumnCount:=18, _
                                                                   MergeColStart:=15 _
                                                                   ) + TargetCount
                    End If
                End If
            Next TargetFile
        End If
        MsgBox TargetCount & " of " & TargetCountA & " files have been processed.", vbInformation, "Complete!"
    End Sub
    Sub CorrectColumnInCSV_File()
        Dim TargetFile As Variant
        Dim TargetName As String
        Dim LoopStep As Long
        TargetFile = Application.GetOpenFilename(FilterReturn(CSV), MultiSelect:=True)
        If Not IsArray(TargetFile) Then
            Exit Sub
        End If
        TargetCount = 0
        TargetCountA = UBound(TargetFile) - LBound(TargetFile) + 1
        For LoopStep = LBound(TargetFile) To UBound(TargetFile)
            TargetName = Right(TargetFile(LoopStep), Len(TargetFile(LoopStep)) - InStrRev(TargetFile(LoopStep), "\"))
            If ISFILEOPEN(TargetName) = False Then
                TargetCount = CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV(Target:=TargetFile(LoopStep), _
                                                           ColumnCount:=18, _
                                                           MergeColStart:=15 _
                                                           ) + TargetCount
            End If
        Next LoopStep
        MsgBox TargetCount & " of " & TargetCountA & " files have been processed.", vbInformation, "Complete!"
    End Sub
    
    Private Function CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV( _
            ByVal Target As Variant, _
            ByVal ColumnCount As Long, _
            ByVal MergeColStart As Long, _
            Optional ByVal Delimiter As String = ",", _
            Optional ByVal ReplaceDelimiter As String = " ") As Long
        Dim TempFile As String
        Dim TempName As String
        Dim TempPath As String
        Dim TempExt As String
        Dim FileNum1 As Long
        Dim FileNum2 As Long
        Dim LineText As String
        Dim LineOutput As String
        Dim LineItems() As String
        TempPath = Left(Target, InStrRev(Target, "\"))
        TempName = Right(Target, Len(Target) - Len(TempPath))
        TempExt = Right(TempName, Len(TempName) - InStrRev(TempName, "."))
        TempName = Left(TempName, Len(TempName) - Len(TempExt) - 1) & "(temp write)." & TempExt
        TempFile = TempPath & TempName
        FileNum1 = FreeFile()
        Open Target For Input Access Read As #FileNum1
        FileNum2 = FreeFile()
        Open TempFile For Output Access Write As #FileNum2
        Do While Not EOF(FileNum1)
            LineText = ""
            Line Input #FileNum1, LineText
            LineItems = Split(LineText, Delimiter)
            Dim NDX As Long, i As Long
            
        NDX = 0
        i = 0
        If UBound(LineItems) - LBound(LineItems) + 1 > ColumnCount Then
            NDX = LBound(LineItems) + 15
            LineItems(NDX) = LineItems(NDX) & LineItems(NDX + 1)
            For i = 1 To 3
                LineItems(NDX + i) = LineItems(NDX + 1 + i)
            Next i
            LineItems(NDX + 4) = ""
            For i = LBound(LineItems) To UBound(LineItems)
                LineOutput = LineOutput & LineItems(i) & ","
            Next i
                LineOutput = Left(LineOutput, Len(LineOutput - 2))
            Else
                LineOutput = LineText
            End If
            Write #FileNum2, LineOutput
        Loop
        CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV = 1
    ExitWithoutError:
        Close #FileNum1
        Close #FileNum2
        If Dir(TempFile, vbNormal) <> "" Then
            If Dir(Target, vbNormal) <> "" Then FileCopy TempFile, Target
            Kill TempFile
        End If
        Exit Function
    ExitWithError:
        CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV = 0
        Resume ExitWithoutError
    End Function
    
    Function ISFILEOPEN(FileName As String) As Boolean
        Dim iFilenum As Long
        Dim iErr As Long
        On Error Resume Next
        iFilenum = FreeFile()
        Open FileName For Input Lock Read As #iFilenum
        Close iFilenum
        iErr = Err
        Select Case iErr
        Case 0: ISFILEOPEN = False
        Case 70: ISFILEOPEN = True
        Case Else: Error iErr
        End Select
        On Error GoTo 0
    End Function
    
    Private Function FilterReturn(ByVal Value As FilterType) As String
        Select Case Value
        Case FilterType.CSV: FilterReturn = FilterCSV
        Case FilterType.XL: FilterReturn = FilterXL
        End Select
    End Function
    Last edited by Zack Barresse; 01-12-2015 at 01:28 PM. Reason: Added CODE tags

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    The code does the same thing as mine, although it needs a bit of an adjustment...

            If UBound(LineItems) - LBound(LineItems) + 1 > ColumnCount Then
                NDX = LBound(LineItems) + MergeColStart - 1
                LineItems(NDX) = LineItems(NDX) & LineItems(NDX + 1)
                For i = 1 To 3
                    LineItems(NDX + i) = LineItems(NDX + 1 + i)
                Next i
                LineItems(NDX + ColumnCount - MergeColStart + 1) = ""
                LineOutput = ""
                For i = LBound(LineItems) To UBound(LineItems)
                    LineOutput = LineOutput & LineItems(i) & ","
                Next i
                LineOutput = Left(LineOutput, Len(LineOutput) - 2)
            Else
    Variables changed for hard-coded numbers, Len() function fixed, and string variable reset before re-writing.

    But again, it's redundant and less efficient than the original code I posted, which works for me.

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    I am still getting the same problem - the data is all staying in Col A.
    Attached 2 sample data files to test against.
    Attached Files Attached Files

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    Listen to Zack on this.

    I missed something obvious in his code.

    I thought that this
    the data is all staying in Col A.
    pointed straight at the problem.
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    In your sample file, I'm assuming the first row is something you added and isn't present in your actual files. In the sample file I used, I removed that row prior to running this.

    Minor changes in the code below.

    * Trims any trailing comma
    * Changed from a "Write" command to a "Print" command, as this was causing the text line to be written into the text file with surrounding quotes, causing it to look as if it was one giant text string

    Option Explicit
    
    Public Enum FilterType
        CSV = 0
        XL = 1
    End Enum
    
    Private Const FilterCSV As String = "CSV Files (*.csv), *.csv"
    Private Const FilterXL As String = "Excel Files (*.xl*), *.xl*"
    
    Dim TargetCount As Long
    Dim TargetCountA As Long
    
    
    Sub CorrectColumnInCSV_Folder()
    
        Dim SelectFolder As FileDialog
        Dim FSO As Object
        Dim TargetFolder As Object
        Dim TargetFile As Object
    
        Set SelectFolder = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFolderPicker)
    
        TargetCount = 0
        TargetCountA = 0
        SelectFolder.AllowMultiSelect = False
        If SelectFolder.Show Then
            Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
            Set TargetFolder = FSO.GetFolder(SelectFolder.SelectedItems.Item(1))
            For Each TargetFile In TargetFolder.Files
                If UCase(Right(TargetFile.Name, 4)) = ".CSV" Then
                    TargetCountA = TargetCountA + 1
                    If ISFILEOPEN(TargetFile.Name) = False Then
                        TargetCount = CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV(Target:=TargetFile.Path, _
                                                                   ColumnCount:=18, _
                                                                   MergeColStart:=15 _
                                                                                  ) + TargetCount
                    End If
                End If
            Next TargetFile
        End If
    
        MsgBox TargetCount & " of " & TargetCountA & " files have been processed.", vbInformation, "Complete!"
    
    End Sub
    
    Sub CorrectColumnInCSV_File()
    
        Dim TargetFile As Variant
        Dim TargetName As String
        Dim LoopStep As Long
    
        TargetFile = Application.GetOpenFilename(FilterReturn(CSV), MultiSelect:=True)
        If Not IsArray(TargetFile) Then
            Exit Sub
        End If
    
        TargetCount = 0
        TargetCountA = UBound(TargetFile) - LBound(TargetFile) + 1
        For LoopStep = LBound(TargetFile) To UBound(TargetFile)
            TargetName = Right(TargetFile(LoopStep), Len(TargetFile(LoopStep)) - InStrRev(TargetFile(LoopStep), "\"))
            If ISFILEOPEN(TargetName) = False Then
                TargetCount = CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV(Target:=TargetFile(LoopStep), _
                                                           ColumnCount:=18, _
                                                           MergeColStart:=15 _
                                                                          ) + TargetCount
            End If
        Next LoopStep
    
        MsgBox TargetCount & " of " & TargetCountA & " files have been processed.", vbInformation, "Complete!"
    
    End Sub
    
    
    Private Function CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV( _
            ByVal Target As Variant, _
            ByVal ColumnCount As Long, _
            ByVal MergeColStart As Long, _
            Optional ByVal Delimiter As String = ",", _
            Optional ByVal ReplaceDelimiter As String = " ") As Long
    
        Dim TempFile As String
        Dim TempName As String
        Dim TempPath As String
        Dim TempExt As String
        Dim FileNum1 As Long
        Dim FileNum2 As Long
        Dim LineText As String
        Dim LineOutput As String
        Dim LineItems() As String
        Dim NDX As Long
        Dim i As Long
    
        TempPath = Left(Target, InStrRev(Target, "\"))
        TempName = Right(Target, Len(Target) - Len(TempPath))
        TempExt = Right(TempName, Len(TempName) - InStrRev(TempName, "."))
        TempName = Left(TempName, Len(TempName) - Len(TempExt) - 1) & "(temp write)." & TempExt
        TempFile = TempPath & TempName
    
        FileNum1 = FreeFile()
        Open Target For Input Access Read As #FileNum1
        FileNum2 = FreeFile()
        Open TempFile For Output Access Write As #FileNum2
    
        Do While Not EOF(FileNum1)
    
            LineText = ""
            LineOutput = ""
    
            Line Input #FileNum1, LineText
            If Right(LineText, 1) = Delimiter Then LineText = Left(LineText, Len(LineText) - 1)
    
            LineItems = Split(LineText, Delimiter)
    
            If UBound(LineItems) - LBound(LineItems) + 1 > ColumnCount Then
                LineOutput = WorksheetFunction.Substitute(LineText, Delimiter, ReplaceDelimiter, MergeColStart)
                If InStr(1, LineOutput, Chr(34), vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
                    LineOutput = Replace(LineOutput, Chr(34), vbNullString)
                End If
            Else
                LineOutput = LineText
            End If
    
            Print #FileNum2, LineOutput
    
        Loop
    
        CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV = 1
    
    ExitWithoutError:
        Close #FileNum1
        Close #FileNum2
    
        If Dir(TempFile, vbNormal) <> "" Then
            If Dir(Target, vbNormal) <> "" Then FileCopy TempFile, Target
            Kill TempFile
        End If
    
        Exit Function
    
    ExitWithError:
        CorrectAdditionalColumnInCSV = 0
        Resume ExitWithoutError
    
    End Function
    
    
    Function ISFILEOPEN(FileName As String) As Boolean
        Dim iFilenum As Long
        Dim iErr As Long
        On Error Resume Next
        iFilenum = FreeFile()
        Open FileName For Input Lock Read As #iFilenum
        Close iFilenum
        iErr = Err
        Select Case iErr
        Case 0: ISFILEOPEN = False
        Case 70: ISFILEOPEN = True
        Case Else: Error iErr
        End Select
        On Error GoTo 0
    End Function
    
    
    Private Function FilterReturn(ByVal Value As FilterType) As String
        Select Case Value
        Case FilterType.CSV: FilterReturn = FilterCSV
        Case FilterType.XL: FilterReturn = FilterXL
        End Select
    End Function
    Edit: This should run fairly fast on a large set of files, since we're basically editing everything in memory as a text stream. I can run a test batch of 100 files (copies of your sample file with row 1 removed) and it runs almost instantaneously. You shouldn't have any problems running this on all of your files, assuming the structure is similar (as previously described).

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    Timeout.

    Zack, the OP has another issue at Need to standardize 100s of excel files that have columns in the wrong order

    He has strongly hinted that these are the same files
    I would think I need to fix the comma issue and get the data in the correct columns before I run code for this part.
    I have PM'ed him about the question

    In that thread, the issues are

    1. The column headers are not named the same in different files.
    2. The columns are not in the same order in different files.
    3. There are extra columns of other data which is not needed in the final product - therefore we do not want to copy them to the final file product.
    4. Extra comma issue


    In the Need To Standardize thread, there are only 14 significant columns and the Logon ID column is not significant. at least not in the Results example he uploaded

    IMO, the OP has not yet provided enough clear information for VBAX to continue. I will work with Business1K and will add a thread Icon when all necessary information is available.

    Thank you for your patience.
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    Ok. I was under the impression these were in fact two distinct different problems for different file sets. The above code should fix the comma issue (worked for me in about a hundred copied test files). I'll look at the other thread. I would think (obviously some assumption going on here) some VBA could be written to combine and re-order data into a single identified structure regardless of this specific threads discussion. Clarification would be nice though.

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    I expect the student to do their homework and find all the errrors I leeve in.


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