Dear all

Sorry to pester, but, I am being asked to do more and more spreadsheets with
several hundred lines of info, a lot of which needs deleting.
How do I get a simple macro that starts at Row a1, and continues to row
(say) 751(or whatever the final row is), but deletes any row in total that
has a
number 5 ( or other character )in the row on column A. although I am reading
walkenbach's book, I
cant find a good example that does this. Also in order not to pester, can
anyone recommend a good training book, because I intend to try and improve
my macro skills.

Noel,

Try this

cLastRow = Cells(Rows.Count,"A").End(xlUp).Row
For i = cLastRow To 1
If Cells(i,"A").Value = 5 Then
Cells(i,"A").Entirerow.Delete
End If
Next i

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HTH

Bob Phillips
... looking out across Poole Harbour to the Purbecks
(remove nothere from the email address if mailing direct)

"Noel Boland" wrote in message
...
Dear all

Sorry to pester, but, I am being asked to do more and more spreadsheets
with
several hundred lines of info, a lot of which needs deleting.
How do I get a simple macro that starts at Row a1, and continues to row
(say) 751(or whatever the final row is), but deletes any row in total that
has a
number 5 ( or other character )in the row on column A. although I am
reading
walkenbach's book, I
cant find a good example that does this. Also in order not to pester, can
anyone recommend a good training book, because I intend to try and improve
my macro skills.

When deleting rows, you should move from the highest numbered row to the
lowest

Dim rng as Range, i as long
set rng = Cells(rows.count,1).End(xlup)
for i = rng.row. to 1 step -1
if cells(i,1).Value = 5 then
cells(i,1).Entirerow.Delete
end if
Next

There are faster ways, but this should be a good start.

--
Regards,
Tom Ogilvy

"Noel Boland" wrote in message
...
Dear all

Sorry to pester, but, I am being asked to do more and more spreadsheets
with
several hundred lines of info, a lot of which needs deleting.
How do I get a simple macro that starts at Row a1, and continues to row
(say) 751(or whatever the final row is), but deletes any row in total that
has a
number 5 ( or other character )in the row on column A. although I am
reading
walkenbach's book, I
cant find a good example that does this. Also in order not to pester, can
anyone recommend a good training book, because I intend to try and improve
my macro skills.