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    Removing Items from a Column A based on Same Values in Column B, while simutanously..

    Hi, So I have 3 Columns in an Excel Spread Sheet
    Column A contains a list of values
    Column B contains a list of values that may or may not be present in Column A
    Column C has equal number of values as column A and the values correspond to each other

    Now I need to remove ALL values from Column A that are in Column B

    Ex.
    Column A has
    A
    B
    C
    D
    E
    F
    G

    Column B has
    B
    C

    Column C has
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7


    the resultant is Column A
    A
    D
    E
    F
    G

    Column B
    B
    C

    Column C
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7


    this is done through this macro:

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    Now what i want to do is have this macro simutanously delete values from Column C as well

    This means Column C should be
    1
    4
    5
    6
    7



    Any help is appreciated, im new to this, using Excel 2003.
    Last edited by AriX3; 10-21-2011 at 09:25 AM.

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    Re: Help with this macro

    Please see forum rules about enclosing your code in tags so it displays properly. [ CODE ] your code here [ /CODE ]. Here's a tweak to your code:
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    Re: Help with this macro

    Quote Originally Posted by tlafferty View Post
    Please see forum rules about enclosing your code in tags so it displays properly. [ CODE ] your code here [ /CODE ]. Here's a tweak to your code:
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    thanks, ill edit my inital post.

    i tried what you wrote, it gave me runtime error 424?

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    Re: Help with this macro

    try switching these two lines:
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    My guess is that after deleting rCell, Excel loses track of how to perform the offset.

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    Re: Help with this macro

    i added

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    and it seems to work, however it is deleteing some entries in Column B (this isint an issue, but strange?). Now the entry in column C deletes at the same time with Column A, just confusing as to why some entries in Column B are deleted????

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    Re: Help with this macro

    Wait no, its actually MOVING some values from Column C to Column B. this is weird.

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    Re: Help with this macro

    I tested with this

    Test 1:
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    As expected, works.

    Test 2:
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    Does not work. Entry B should be removed. WHY?

    In my real data set, even weirder things are happened, entries in column C are being added to column B some how.....
    Last edited by AriX3; 10-20-2011 at 02:16 PM.

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    Re: Removing Items from a Column A based on Same Values in Column B, while simutanous

    If anyone has another function that can do this, ill would really appreciate it!

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    Re: Removing Items from a Column A based on Same Values in Column B, while simutanous

    It may be useful to add stops to your code at strategic points, then watch as the code executes. Below, I've added stops at some crucial points. Click the restore window button and size your visual basic editing window so that you can watch the code as it executes.
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    See if this helps isolate what's happening.

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    Re: Removing Items from a Column A based on Same Values in Column B, while simutanous

    nope didnt work.... highlights the stops in yellow...

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    Re: Removing Items from a Column A based on Same Values in Column B, while simutanous

    I changed the code, works fine now. used a do until loop. thanks for the help!

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