Rather than storing the cell as a variable, it might be easier to just refind
the column every time you run the macro:

Dim Hello as Range
Set Hello = Range("1:1").Find("hello")
If Not (Hello Is Nothing) then Hello.EntireColumn.Insert

(by the way I think you mixed up column and row in the example - but the
technique could be modifed however necessary to meet your needs)
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- K Dales


"RichHoughton" wrote:

Hello

Sorry for being rubbish but despite other examples i am still struggling. I
have the string "hello" as a column heading in a sheet. I wish to create a
macro that, for every time is run, assigns the cell value (eg A3 if "hello"
is in A3) to a variable.
i then have the code;

Range("A3").Select <--- "A3" will become the variable
Selection.EntireColumn.Insert

to insert a new column.
When the macro is re-run, the variable would hold the range "A4" in this
instance, and move the string "hello" into cell A5.

Thank you