You can name the entire column as well;
range("C:C").name="mycolumn" ' create workbook-level name
then reference it as:
range("mycolumn")
also works as/in a cell formula:
{ =mycolumn }
=match("findthis",mycolumn,0)
evaluate("mycolumn") ' formula eval from vba
[mycolumn] ' formula eval from vba
Asa
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Subject: Re: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help with VBAfor Excel naming and using
column names for looping
the simplest is
sub nameit
cells(7,4).name="whateveryouwanttonameit"
end sub
=whaeveryounamedit
Don Guillett
Microsoft MVP Excel
SalesAid Software
<mailto:dguille...@gmail.com> dguille...@gmail.com
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From: tangledweb
Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 5:22 AM
To: MS EXCEL AND VBA MACROS
Subject: $$Excel-Macros$$ Need help with VBAfor Excel naming and using
column names for looping
I am trying to understand how to name a column of data and be able to
reference the data by that name. Ideally I could set the name
programatically but if it needs to be done through the ribbon command
that is acceptable.
Ideally inserting a new column before the named column will not affect
that column's name.
The simplest example of
=========================
Sub Macro1()
Dim x as long
Const ExitValue = 4
x = Cells(6, ExitValue).Value
Cells(7, ExitValue) = x
End Sub
=======================
Functions but for some reason I can not see the value of x in the
immediate window. I just get nothing back if I print x.
But is this really the best wah to do this? It seems inelegant at
best. And certainly if I insert a new column 3 I need to change this
code to
Const ExitValue = 5
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