Cut and paste in Excel

bloomingflower

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Hi,

I have a problem: I need to line the same people in column B and currently it looks like this person is always in one cell from A-H but not always in column B as desired. If this person is in for example column H then I have to move him/her to column B and person from column G to column A (the rest can be deleted). If this person is in column A then I need to move that person to column B. There is more data for the row (after I column) and I need to get the name via InputBox.

Thank you in advance!

Example:
JackBobMarkFrankJohn
BobMarkFrankAlex
MarkFrankJohn
FrankJohn
BobMarkFrankDavid
FrankTom
JackBobMarkFrankAlex

Desired Outcome:
MarkFrankJohn
MarkFrankAlex
MarkFrankJohn
FrankJohn
MarkFrankDavid
FrankTom
MarkFrankAlex
 

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I was thinking about such solution. First it should have InputBox, and then it should go to the loop. If this text is in A then it should move this value to column B. If it is in B then it should do nothing. If it is in C it should move B to A, C to B, D to C and E to D. If it is in D it should move C to A, D to B and E to C. If it is in E it should move D to A, E to B and remove C. Is there anyone who could code it for me?
 
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Here's the re-arrangement code.
You will have to adjust the rngInput, rngOutput and keyName values to meet your situation.

VBA Code:
Sub test()
    Dim rngInput As Range, rngOutput As Range
    Dim arrInput As Variant, arrOutput As Variant
    Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long
    Dim outputColumn As Long
    Dim outRow As Long, outCol As Long
    Dim keyName As String
    
    Set rngInput = Sheet1.Range("A1").CurrentRegion
    
    Set rngOutput = Range("A15")
    outputColumn = 2
    keyName = "Frank"
    
    arrInput = rngInput.Value
    ReDim arrOutput(1 To rngInput.Rows.Count, 1 To rngInput.Columns.Count)
    
    For i = 1 To rngInput.Rows.Count
        For j = 1 To rngInput.Columns.Count
            If LCase(arrInput(i, j)) = LCase(keyName) Then
                outRow = outRow + 1
                outCol = outputColumn
                For k = j To rngInput.Columns.Count
                    arrOutput(outRow, outCol) = arrInput(i, k)
                    outCol = outCol + 1
                    If outCol > rngInput.Columns.Count Then Exit For
                Next k
                outCol = outputColumn
                For k = j To 1 Step -1
                   arrOutput(outRow, outCol) = arrInput(i, k)
                   outCol = outCol - 1
                   If outCol < 1 Then Exit For
                Next k
                Exit For
            End If
        Next j
    Next i
    
    rngOutput.Resize(UBound(arrOutput, 1), UBound(arrOutput, 2)).Value = arrOutput
    
End Sub
 
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Thank you [U]mikerickson[/U], but unfortunately the code below is removing all data from A-F columns. It is not moving Frank to column B and others to another columns. Could you please tell me what is wrong with it?

VBA Code:
Sub macro()
    Dim rngInput As Range, rngOutput As Range
    Dim arrInput As Variant, arrOutput As Variant
    Dim i As Long, j As Long, k As Long
    Dim outputColumn As Long
    Dim outRow As Long, outCol As Long
    Dim keyName As String
   
    Set rngInput = Sheet1.Range("A:F")
   
    Set rngOutput = Sheet1.Range("B")
    outputColumn = 2
    keyName = "Frank"
   
    arrInput = rngInput.Value
    ReDim arrOutput(1 To rngInput.Rows.Count, 1 To rngInput.Columns.Count)
   
    For i = 1 To rngInput.Rows.Count
        For j = 1 To rngInput.Columns.Count
            If LCase(arrInput(i, j)) = LCase(keyName) Then
                outRow = outRow + 1
                outCol = outputColumn
                For k = j To rngInput.Columns.Count
                    arrOutput(outRow, outCol) = arrInput(i, k)
                    outCol = outCol + 1
                    If outCol > rngInput.Columns.Count Then Exit For
                Next k
                outCol = outputColumn
                For k = j To 1 Step -1
                   arrOutput(outRow, outCol) = arrInput(i, k)
                   outCol = outCol - 1
                   If outCol < 1 Then Exit For
                Next k
                Exit For
            End If
        Next j
    Next i
   
    rngOutput.Resize(UBound(arrOutput, 1), UBound(arrOutput, 2)).Value = arrOutput
   
End Sub
 
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The code in post 2 works for me.

In post 3, I'm suprised that this line doesn't error
VBA Code:
Set rngOutput = Sheet1.Range("B")
What do you want that line to do?
 
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The code in post 2 works for me.

In post 3, I'm suprised that this line doesn't error
VBA Code:
Set rngOutput = Sheet1.Range("B")
What do you want that line to do?

I want to have all Franks in column B. And others in appropriate columns. If I have placed for rngOutput A2, then B2, where my data starts it has a problem with line
VBA Code:
rngOutput.Resize(UBound(arrOutput, 1), UBound(arrOutput, 2)).Value = arrOutput

If it was
VBA Code:
Set rngOutput = Sheet1.Range("A:F")
macro did nothing.

As this macro has to work only for columns A-F I know that I have to place it somewhere, that is why I have placed in in rngInput. But I am trying to get a final result by changing rngOutput but it doesn't work with these settings (column B, columns A-F, A2, B2)
 
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