EntireRow.Delete performance issue
Solution 1:
The reason this takes so long is the large number of non-contiguous ranges in SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks)
A better way is to sort the data before the delete, so only one contiguous range is deleted
You can then restore the original sort order after the delete, something like this:
Sub Demo()
Dim rng As Range
Dim rSortCol As Range
Dim rDataCol As Range
Dim i As Long
Dim BlockSize As Long
Dim sh As Worksheet
Dim TempCol As Long
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationManual
Application.EnableEvents = False
Set sh = ActiveSheet
Set rng = sh.UsedRange
With rng
' Add a temporary column to hold a index to restore original sort
TempCol = .Column + .Columns.Count
Set rSortCol = .Columns(TempCol)
rSortCol.Cells(1, 1) = 1
rSortCol.Cells(1, 1).AutoFill rSortCol, xlFillSeries
Set rng = rng.Resize(, rng.Columns.Count + 1)
Set rDataCol = rng.Columns(1)
' sort on data column, so blanks get grouped together
With sh.Sort
.SortFields.Clear
.SortFields.Add Key:=rDataCol, _
SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
.SetRange rng
.Header = xlNo
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With
' delete blanks (allow for possibility there are no blanks)
On Error Resume Next
Set rng = rDataCol.SpecialCells(xlCellTypeBlanks)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
' no blank cells
Err.Clear
Else
rng.EntireRow.Delete
End If
On Error GoTo 0
' Restore original sort order
With sh.Sort
.SortFields.Clear
.SortFields.Add Key:=rSortCol, _
SortOn:=xlSortOnValues, Order:=xlAscending, DataOption:=xlSortNormal
.SetRange rng
.Header = xlNo
.MatchCase = False
.Orientation = xlTopToBottom
.SortMethod = xlPinYin
.Apply
End With
End With
' Delete temp column
sh.Columns(TempCol).EntireColumn.Delete
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
Application.Calculation = xlCalculationAutomatic
Application.EnableEvents = True
End Sub
My testing (on ~15000 rows, every 4th row blank) reduced time from ~20s to ~150ms