I have a large amount of data numbering several thousand rows.
Unfortunately for example the data in row 2 needs to be concatenated to row
1, row 4 to row 3 and sow on. Once the data has been added to row 1 for
example from row 2, to tidy the data up I would want to delete row 2, the
same would apply to what was row 4, row 6 and so on. I have tried various
VBA codes but either end up deleting all of the data or end up in a
continuous loop that I can't break out of.

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks
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neil

Hi
Eg if you have one column, A (similar with multi columns):
- in B2: =IF(iseven(ROW()),A2&A3,"").
- copy / paste the formula down.
- copy column B (menu Edit Copy) .
- pasteSpecial as Value (menu Edit PasteSpecial, as Value) over B
itself.
- now select the autofilter : menu Data Filter AutoFilter
- for column B, in the autofilter , choose empty string value
-- only row with "" will show
- select these rows and delete

I hope this helps
Sebastien
"neil" wrote:

I have a large amount of data numbering several thousand rows.
Unfortunately for example the data in row 2 needs to be concatenated to row
1, row 4 to row 3 and sow on. Once the data has been added to row 1 for
example from row 2, to tidy the data up I would want to delete row 2, the
same would apply to what was row 4, row 6 and so on. I have tried various
VBA codes but either end up deleting all of the data or end up in a
continuous loop that I can't break out of.

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks
--
neil

To help, please give an example of the data. You mention "concatenated", but
then use the word "added". Is this text or numeric data? How many columns are
there?

Assuming text:

Dim LastRow As Long
LastRow = Cells(Rows.Count, 1).End(xlUp).Row
NumColumns = 5

For R = 1 To LastRow Step 2
For C = 1 To NumColumns
Cells(R, C).Value = Cells(R, C).Value & Cells(R + 1, C).Value
Next C
Rows(R).Clear
Next R

Cells(1, 1).Resize(LastRow, NumColumns).Sort _
Key1:=Cells(1, 1), Order1:=xlAscending


On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 12:55:04 -0800, "neil"
wrote:

I have a large amount of data numbering several thousand rows.
Unfortunately for example the data in row 2 needs to be concatenated to row
1, row 4 to row 3 and sow on. Once the data has been added to row 1 for
example from row 2, to tidy the data up I would want to delete row 2, the
same would apply to what was row 4, row 6 and so on. I have tried various
VBA codes but either end up deleting all of the data or end up in a
continuous loop that I can't break out of.

Any help would be appreciated.

thanks