Yes, Rick. I ultimately want to rearrange existing rows of data into a new
ordering, but for my selection only, not the entire row. Array A only
references a single column of data, and array B is its index, if you will.

1. Can the rows of data that you are rearranging be more than two cells
wide? If so, what is the maximum number of columns?

Please note that theoretically, my selection can be the entire 65536x256 of
data, though I doubt it that any user would have that much data. So, the
number of columns vary from 1 to 256.

2. Can there be other data on the rows (either in front of or after the
data that you show being rearrange) that will not move when the designated
columns are rearranged?
Yes. I only want to re-arrange my selection.

3. What is the maximum number of rows that will ever be included for
rearrangement?

I guess, I answered this in question 2 above. The maximum number of rows is
65536.

4. Do the Index numbers appear in your a column of your spreadsheet or do
they only exist inside your code?
Both arrays A and B are only inside my code, as follows:

Dim A() as Variant, B() as Variant, N as long, i as long
N=Selection.rows.count
Redim A(N), B(N)
For i=1 to N
B(i)=i
A(i)=Cells(i, some column in my selection).value ' For example
cells(i,4) for Column D
next i


Now, once the data is calculated, it needs to be dumped into the spreadsheet
fast. I had used a loop before, but it took too long. Someone suggested
that I create a dummy 2D array containing my data and use Selection.Value =
NewDummyArray. Of course before, I did not care about the formats, but now
I am. Basically, think of what I am trying to do, like a sorting operation,
except, I am doing other stuff. I hope this helps. Thanks for your help.
Have a nice Sunday evening.

Bob

"Rick Rothstein" wrote in message
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That helps some, but you didn't answer all of my questions plus I now have
a couple of additional questions..

1. Can the rows of data that you are rearranging be more than two cells
wide? If so, what is the maximum number of columns?

2. Can there be other data on the rows (either in front of or after the
data that you show being rearrange) that will not move when the designated
columns are rearranged?

3. What is the maximum number of rows that will ever be included for
rearrangement?

4. Do the Index numbers appear in your a column of your spreadsheet or do
they only exist inside your code?

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Bob" wrote in message
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Hi Rick:

No, A(1) refers to the value of a single cell in a row (for example D3),
A(2) for D4, etc. However, my selection is more than one column. Let me
show you my selection.
A B C D Index (Array B)
1 6 11
2
3 6 12 1
4 9 17 2
5 1 8 3
6 3 5 4
7 3 10 5
8 0
9 20
My original selection is C3:D7. A is an array of values of a column in
my selection that things need to be calculated based on that column.
Once I make the selection, and calculate my things, I obtain Array B,
which is the order of how things should show. The results should be:
A B C D Index (Array B)
1 6 11
2
3 9 17 2
4 3 5 4
5 1 8 3
6 3 10 5
7 6 12 1
8 0
9 20
I hope this clarifies things a bit.

Bob

"Rick Rothstein" wrote in message
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We need some clarification on your *new* request (it is only remotely
related to your original question). It looks like A(1) is referencing
C3:D3, A(2) is referencing C4:D4, etc. Given that, what do you mean when
you say A(1)=12, A(2)=17, etc.? I mean, how does a 2-cell range have a
single value? Also, can I assume the A array references can be more than
2 cells wide? If so, what is the maximum width possible? What is the
maximum number of rows that can be referenced by array A? Can I assume
your ultimate request is to rearrange existing rows of data into a new
ordering?

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Bob" wrote in message
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Thanks Rick for your sample code. However, I was wondering if you
could help out more on this. You see, basically, I have two arrays.
For example, array A contains the values of some continuous cells. For
example For cells "C3:D7", A could be
A(1) = 12
A(2) = 17
A(3) = 8
A(4) = 5
A(5) = 10
Array B is the index of array A. So, initially, B=1,2,3,4,5. Then I
do some work, and manipulate my arrays, and B becomes 2,4,3,5,1. Then
I want to replace my original selected cells that gave us A, with
A(B(i)), and that includes all formats. In other words,
New "C3:D3" (index 1) becomes Old "C4:D4 (index 2)
New "C4:D4" (index 2) becomes Old "C6:D6 (index 4)
New "C5:D5" (index 3) becomes Old "C5:D5 (index 3)
New "C6:D6" (index 4) becomes Old "C7:D7 (index 5)
New "C7:D7" (index 5) becomes Old "C3:D3 (index 1)

I tried to change your code to do this, but I was unsuccessful. Thanks
for all your help.

Bob
"Rick Rothstein" wrote in message
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Select your two cells and give this macro a try...

Sub SwapCells()
Dim C1 As Range
Dim C2 As Range
Dim C3 As Range
If Selection.Count = 2 Then
Set C1 = Selection(1)
Set C2 = Range(Split(Replace(Selection.Address, ",", ":"), ":")(1))
Set C3 = ActiveSheet.Cells(Rows.Count,
C1.Column).End(xlUp).Offset(1)
C1.Copy C3
C2.Copy C1
C3.Copy C2
C3.Clear
End If
End Sub

--
Rick (MVP - Excel)


"Bob" wrote in message
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Hi everyone:

I am trying to swap two cells completely, with each other, including
value, All formats, colors, etc. Well, swapping the values is easy.
Does anyone know, how I can swap All the formats (actual format,
color, indent, etc) that a cell can hold? Thanks for your help.

Bob