find - vba - add multiple criteria: if entering word #1, #2 and so on in a cell, then messagebox

Question

I'd like to add multiple criteria to this code:

Option Explicit
Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
        Const srcCol As String = "A"
    Const Criteria As String = "*high*"
   
    Dim rng As Range: Set rng = Intersect(Columns(srcCol), Target)
    If rng Is Nothing Then
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    
    Dim aRng As Range
    Dim cel As Range
    Dim foundCriteria As Boolean
    For Each aRng In rng.Areas
        For Each cel In aRng.Cells
            If LCase(cel.Value) Like LCase(Criteria) Then
                MsgBox ("Please check 2020 assessment")
                foundCriteria = True
                Exit For
            End If
        Next cel
        If foundCriteria Then
            Exit For
        End If
    Next aRng
    
    Application.EnableEvents = True
           
End Sub

At the current state, this works in this way: if a cell of column "A" contains word "high", alert pop up. I would like to add more criteria: if cell in column "A" contains "high" but ALSO if a cell in column "A" contains "critic", show me the same alert box. I started from row "Const Criteria As String = "high", and tried adding "And", "Or", "If", "& _", but nothing seems working to add the second criteria. Any hint?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65857382/vba-add-multiple-criteria-if-entering-word-1-2-and-so-on-in-a-cell-then-m

Answer 1

A Worksheet Change: Target Contains One of Multiple Strings

• If you plan on using exclusively contains for the various criteria, you can do the following changes:

  Const CriteriaList As String = "high,critic" ' add more
  
  If LCase(cel.Value) Like "*" & LCase(Criteria(n)) & "*" Then
  

The Code

Option Explicit

Private Sub Worksheet_Change(ByVal Target As Range)
    
    Const srcCol As String = "A"
    Const Delimiter As String = "," ' change if you need "," in the criterias
    Const CriteriaList As String = "*high*,*critic*" ' add more
       
    Dim rng As Range: Set rng = Intersect(Columns(srcCol), Target)
    If rng Is Nothing Then
        Exit Sub
    End If
    
    Dim Criteria() As String: Criteria = Split(CriteriaList, Delimiter)
    
    Application.EnableEvents = False
    
    Dim aRng As Range
    Dim cel As Range
    Dim n As Long
    Dim foundCriteria As Boolean
    For Each aRng In rng.Areas
        For Each cel In aRng.Cells
            For n = 0 To UBound(Criteria)
                If LCase(cel.Value) Like LCase(Criteria(n)) Then
                    MsgBox ("Please check 2020 assessment")
                    foundCriteria = True
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next n
        Next cel
        If foundCriteria Then
            Exit For
        End If
    Next aRng
    
    Application.EnableEvents = True
           
End Sub