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Dear Patrick

Thank you for your reply. The example I'd given was a
really simplified
version of the actual data and I knew it probably
wouldn't lend itself
to a written explanation. Sorry if it didn't make sense.
Am I able to send you a file with a small XL example if
not then I've
attempted to explain again. Pls note I do not wish to
use filters or
pivot tables etc

Worksheet 1 contains data organised across columns
rather like fields in
a database. The captions/headers of this row are

A B C
D E
F G H
GWP UPR Earned RI CY RI
PY Claims CY
Claims PY Expenses

and so on across 95 columns.

Now what I'd like to do is reorganise those columns in a
different order
according to the report type, ie whether it's a UKGAAP
report , a FR
GAAP report but give the user control via a front-end
table rather than
hard-coding anything. Hence on worksheet 2 (called
table) I've created
the following

Column A Column B Column C
Desc Report1 Report2
GWP 1
UPR
Earned 3 1
RI CY 6
RI PY 7
Claims CY 4 2
Claims PY 5 3

and so on. The idea is that the number denotes the
field reference
number. In actual fact in Columns C, D there will be
other definitions
to create a number of reports from the same extract file.

What I'd like the VBA to do is step through column A of
the table for
each item with an entry in column B (don't worry about
column C 'cause I
know how to refer to that). VBA then needs to remember
the description
and related number so that where a match is found
against the original
data (on worksheet 1), the detail is transferred so that

A B C
D E
F G H
GWP UPR Earned RI CY RI
PY Claims CY
Claims PY Expenses
1 3
6 7
4 5

I can then use this row as a basis for resorting my
columns, using VBA.

I'm ok with the code to hide/delete unwanted columns but
thank you for
your example. Please note I cannot organise my source
data in the
correct order to just run the routine by hiding/deleting
columns (that
was my original plan) it's a no go because of the
differing report
layouts we use. Just trust me on that one.

I hope this makes a little more sense. Any more help
would be greatly
appreciated.
Kind regards

Jacqui

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