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Default Export to CSV to speed up Loop

I have a loop that fills a 3-D array with random numbers. My loop is
large and I am worried about excel choking or lagging due to the large
amount of data that accumulates in the array. Is it possible to
temporarily export portions of the array to a text or CSV file within
the loop for the purposes of increasing looping speed/memory? I would
do this within the third dimension loop. It would be like exporting a
2D sheet from excel. It would have to append new info to the existing
info already in the text/CSV file.

Then when the final loop is finished, I would import all the data again
from the same text/CSV file.

Dim DataArray() As Variant
Dim A as Integer
Dim B as Long
Dim C as Integer

For A = 1 to 65
For B = 1 to 65000
For C = 1 to 200
DataArray(B,C,A) = Rnd()
Next C
Next B
'Export data from array to text file (2d portion of 3darray)
Export logic ??????
Next A

'Import Data from text/CSV file back to DataArray

Can this be done?


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