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Gooday all,

I currently have some names in various columns but on the same same row. I
have at the moment been able to search for a name in the column. But as I
dont know the actual cell how can I find the cell name?

example names are in D12, E12 .... P12 they are all on row 12 but I dont
know the column. the search looks at each column untill it finds a match,
if it gets to an empty cell on row 12 the search ends, if it find the cell
I need to delete the column. Taking into acount that P12 may go as far as
FF12!! I dont actualy know.

Does this make sense?
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see if this example will get you started:

Sub Find_Item()
Dim rngfound As Range
Dim lastrow As Long
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = Worksheets("Items")
lastrow = ws.Cells(Rows.Count, "A").End(xlUp).Row

itmToFind = "Test"

With ws.Range("A12:ff12")
Set rngfound = .Find(itmToFind, LookIn:=xlValues, lookat:=xlWhole)
End With
If Not rngfound Is Nothing Then
rngfound.EntireColumn.Delete
End If
End Sub

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Gooday all,

I currently have some names in various columns but on the same same row. I
have at the moment been able to search for a name in the column. But as I
dont know the actual cell how can I find the cell name?

example names are in D12, E12 .... P12 they are all on row 12 but I dont
know the column. the search looks at each column untill it finds a match,
if it gets to an empty cell on row 12 the search ends, if it find the cell
I need to delete the column. Taking into acount that P12 may go as far as
FF12!! I dont actualy know.

Does this make sense?



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see response to your posting in newusers

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"Squirrel-Salad" wrote in message
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Gooday all,

I currently have some names in various columns but on the same same row. I
have at the moment been able to search for a name in the column. But as I
dont know the actual cell how can I find the cell name?

example names are in D12, E12 .... P12 they are all on row 12 but I dont
know the column. the search looks at each column untill it finds a match,
if it gets to an empty cell on row 12 the search ends, if it find the cell
I need to delete the column. Taking into acount that P12 may go as far as
FF12!! I dont actualy know.

Does this make sense?


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