I'm trying to change the background color of a cell based on a value,
however instead of using the syntax below can you refer to a cell with
a value instead of hardcoding the value in the macro? If you can,
then what is the syntax? thank you in advance

Select Case Range("A1").Value
Case 100
Range("B1").Value = 50
Case 150
Range("B1").Value = 40
Case 200
Range("B1").Value = 30
Case 350
Range("B1").Value = 20
Case 400
Range("B1").Value = 10
Case Else
Range("B1").Value = 0

I am not quite sure if that is what you mean:

dim cellrow as long
dim cellcolumn as integer

cellrow = 2
cellcolumn = 2

Select Case Range("A1").Value
Case 100
Cells(cellrow, cellcolumn).Value = 50
Case 150
Cells(cellrow, cellcolumn).Value = 40
Case 200
Cells(cellrow, cellcolumn).Value = 30
Case 350
Cells(cellrow, cellcolumn).Value = 20
Case 400
Cells(cellrow, cellcolumn).Value = 10
Case Else
Cells(cellrow, cellcolumn).Value = 0
end select

you can input data to cellrow and cellcolumn however you want.
if you want to work with letters in cellcolumn do that:

dim cellrow as long
dim cellcolumn as string

cellcolumn = "B"
cellrow = 2

range(cellcolumn & cellrow).value = "bla"


hth

Carlo

On Jan 17, 6:56*am, S Himmelrich wrote:
I'm trying to change the background color of a cell based on a value,
however instead of using the syntax below can you refer to a cell with
a value instead of hardcoding the value in the macro? *If you can,
then what is the syntax? *thank you in advance

* * Select Case Range("A1").Value
* * * * * Case 100
* * * * * * * Range("B1").Value = 50
* * * * * Case 150
* * * * * * * Range("B1").Value = 40
* * * * * Case 200
* * * * * * * Range("B1").Value = 30
* * * * * Case 350
* * * * * * * Range("B1").Value = 20
* * * * * Case 400
* * * * * * * Range("B1").Value = 10
* * * * * Case Else
* * * * * * * Range("B1").Value = 0